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has scarcely any folds on the skin, and carries 

 a second horn behind the common horn. 



The Rhinoceros of Africa, (Rh. Africanus, Cuv,) Buff. 

 Supp. VI. vi. 



Carries two horns, like the last, and has no 

 folds of the skin, nor any incisive teeth, the 

 cheek-teeth occupying nearly the whole length 

 of the jaw. 



There have been found under ground in 

 Siberia, and in different parts of Germany, the 

 bones of a two-horned Rhinoceros, whose cra- 

 nium, much larger than that of the existing 

 species, is distinguished also by a vertical bony 

 partition, which supported the bones of the 

 nose. It is a lost species, and a carcass nearly 

 entire, which has been drawn from the ice on 

 the borders of Vilhoui, in Siberia, has shown 

 that it was covered with a thick fur. It could 

 therefore live in the north, like the fossil Ele- 

 phant. 



Other bones of a Rhinoceros, which ap- 

 peared to be much more nearly related to that 

 of Africa, have been recently disinterred in 

 Tuscany and Lombardy. (See Cuv. Re- 

 searches in Fossil Osteology, vol. II. and vol. I. 

 article Corrections and Additions.) 



The Damans, (Hyrax, Herman.) 



Have been for a long time placed among the Roden- 



