NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



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SOUTH AMERICAN TAPIR. 



to be coincident with the issue of this edition of the Guide 

 Book to the members of the Society. 



The Indian One-Horned Rhinoceros is the largest of all liv- 

 ing rhinoceroses. A full-grown male is about 5 feet, 6 inches 

 in shoulder height, and 10 feet 6 inches long from end of 

 nose to root of tail. The length of the horn is not great, 

 rarely exceeding 12 inches. The skin is very thick, and lies 

 upon the animal in great rigid slabs which are divided by 

 articulating areas of thinner skin. 



This species now is so greatly reduced in number and in 

 area that it is found only in a small portion of northeastern 

 India, and is practically restricted to the plains of Assam. It 

 dislikes hills, and inhabits the swampy plains that are thickly 

 covered with high, coarse grass and brush. In disposition it 

 is by no means savage or dangerous to man. 



The Hippopotamus, (Hippopotamus amphibius), is more 

 frequently seen in captivity than any of the large rhinoce- 

 roses, or the African elephant. In the lakes and large rivers 

 of central East Africa it still exists in fair numbers, and 

 still is killed for "sport." 



Strange as it may seem, this very inert and usually leth- 

 argic monster can, under what it deems just provocation, 

 become very angry, and even dangerous. Four years ago. 



