RHINOCEROS. 
Next to the elephant, the Rhinoceros may 
be considered as the most powerful quadruped. 
It forms a distin6l genus, of the order of Belluse, 
in the class of Mammaha, according to the 
system of Linnseus. In this genus, there are 
I; only two species : the Rhinoceros Unicornis, 
or one-horned Rhinoceros and the Rhinoceros 
Bicornis, or Rhinoceros with two horns, one 
above the other; the horns of both animals, 
as the name in the Greek language implies, 
arising from the nose. Both species were 
known to the ancients; and the Rhinoceros 
with a single horn, commonly described sim- 
ply as the Rhinoceros, has been by some na- 
turalists judged to be the unicorn of the sacred 
writings. 
The height of this animal is from six to 
I'l seven feet only ; but it's length, from the tip of 
I the nose to the insertion of the tail, frequently 
j j| extends twelve, and the circumference of the 
body nearly equals the length j so that it's mag-, 
t nitude, 
