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The Great Indian Rhinoceros (Fig. 35) is heavy and more 

 massive than even the Elephant, on account of the shortness of its 

 limbs. The feet have each three toes, of which one sees nothing 

 but the hoof which covers them. The tail is short and thin. 



This huge Pachyderm lives alone in the forests and near 

 rivers and marshes, because it is fond of wallowing in the 

 mud, like the wild boar, which it somewhat resembles in its 



