THE BLACK RHINOCEROS 



head, long and heavy ; upper Hp square ; ears more 

 pointed and of greater length than in the prehensile- 

 lipped species. 



Head with two horns. The front or nose horn 

 is usually more slender, lon^r, and less acutely 

 curved than in the other species of Rhinoceros. 

 Sometimes the front horn is straight, or even inclined 

 forwards. This anterior horn grows to a length of 

 about 4 feet 6 inches. The longest on record is 

 56I inches. 



The leading diflEerehces between the two species 

 are : 



(i) Rhinoceros simus — larger. Straight upper lip, 



(2) Rhinoceros bicornis — smaller. Prehensile lip. 



The former grazes ; the latter browses. 



THE BLACK OR PREHENSILE-LIPPED 

 RHINOCEROS 



{Rhinoceros bicornis) 



Upejani of Zulus and Matabele ; Sipejana of Swazis and Matonga ; 

 Upelepi of Basutos ; Borele and Keitloa of Bechuanas ; 

 Chipemberi of Lower Zambesi natives ; Muin of Masai ; 

 Wartses of Galla ; Shempola of Chila ; Fava of Swahili ; 

 Gurhu of Danakil ; Megi of M'Kua ; Wil of Somali ; Abu 

 Gesn-Khartyl of Sudani. 



The Black Rhinoceros, or Zwart Rhenoster of the 

 Dutch hunters, formerly inhabited Africa from the 

 Cape to Abyssinia and Somaliland. 



By retreating to the cover of the dense, thorny 

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