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RHINOCEROS. 



Generic Character 



Cornu solidum,perenne,coni- 

 cum, naso insidens. 



Horn solid, perennial, coni- 

 cal, feated on the nofe. 



SINGLE-HORNED RHINOCEROS. 



Rhinoceros Unicornis. R. cornu unico. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gael. 



P-57- 



Rhinoceros with a single horn. 



Rhinoceros. Parsons Phil. Trans, vol. 42.^ 

 Buff. II. p. 174.//. 7. 

 Edwards, pi. 221. 



A HE Rhinoceros is the largest of land animals, 

 the Elephant alone excepted. It is of a highly 

 uncouth and awkward form. The back, instead 

 of rising, as in the Elephant, sinks in considera- 

 bly : the head is moderately large and long : the 

 upper lip protrudes or hangs over the lower in the 

 form of a lengthened tip ; and, being extremely 

 pliable, answers the end of a small proboscis ; and 

 is useful to the animal in catching hold of the 

 shoots of vegetables, &c. and delivering them 

 into the mouth. On the nose is situated a very 



