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and is nocturnal and shy in its habits, living on the shoots 
of trees, buds, wild fruits, etc. It has a tough hide, and 
when attacked makes a good fight with its teeth. They 
are succeeded by the rhinoceros, represented in this coun- 
try by a number of extinct Tertiary allies, the living spe- 
cies being restricted to Africa and the East Indies. The 
skin is remarkably thick and dense, while these animals 
have either one or two long median horns growing from 
the skin of the nose. Anderssen says that almost all the 
three species of Asiatic rhinoceros Iiave an exceedingly 
Fig. 309.— The Sumatran Rhinoceros. From Lutken's Zoology, 
coarse hide, covered with large folds, not unlike a coat of 
mail; whilst that of the African species {R. Africanus) is 
comparatively smooth. There are four varieties of the Afri- 
can species, two of them whitish and two dark. The anterior 
horn of one of these kinds {Rlmioceros Osioellii), which in- 
habits the interior of South Africa, not unfrequently ex- 
ceeds four feet in length. The body of the rhinoceros is 
long and thick; its belly is large, and hangs near the ground, 
the legs being short, round, and very strong, while its hoofs 
are divided into three parts, each pointing forward. The 
