RHINOCEROS KEITLOA. 
within a few inches of its extremity, then laterally compressed and margined 
above and below by strong, short and wiry hair. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Feet. Inches. 
Length from the tip of the nose to the 
base of the tail 11 1^ 
of the tail 2 2 
from the tip of the nose to the 
hinder edge of the occiput . . 2 7 5 
from the hinder edge of the 
nostril to the eye 0 11 5 
from the eye to the ear 0 II 
Feet. Inches. 
Length of the anterior horn, following 
the curve 1 9 ^ 
of the posterior horn. 1 9 
Height at the shoulder 5 0 
at the crupper 4 10 
Circumference at the middle of the 
belly 9 8 
The only species yet known with which the present could be confounded, 
is the Rhinoceros JBicornis of authors. Between them, however, many well 
marked differences are to be discovered ; but as it is our intention to enter 
more at length on that subject in the Appendix, we shall only here particu- 
larise a few of the external and more palpable ones. In the Rh. Keitloa , the 
two horns are of equal, or nearly equal length ; in Rh. Africanus, the pos- 
terior, in neither sex, is ever much beyond a third of the length of the anterior 
horn ; the length of the head, in proportion to the depth, is very different 
in the two. The neck of the new species is much longer than that of the 
other, and the position and character of the cuticular furrows, destined to 
facilitate the lateral motions of the head, are very different. Besides these, 
many other diagnostic characters might be instanced ; such as the black 
mark on the inside of the thigh of Keitloa , — the distinctly produced tip of 
the upper lip ; and the comparatively few wrinkles on the snout and parts 
around the eyes, when compared with those on the same places in Rh. 
Bicornis, as will be seen by comparing the representation of the present spe- 
cies with the next plate. 
Considering the acumen which savages display in detecting differences between animals 
nearly related, we may, with propriety, infer that the Keitloa has not, at least for many years, 
been in the habit of generally extending his range higher than about 25° south latitude.* The 
natives at and around Latakoo are only acquainted with two species, viz. Borili ( Rhinoceros 
Bicornis, Auct.) and Mohoohoo ( Rhinoceros Simus, Burch.) ; and those who were in our employ 
declared, when they first saw the Keitloa, that it was notan animal of their country ; and at once 
enlarged upon the points in which it differed from Borili. During the discussion, an intelligent 
Moharotsi, who was well acquainted with the animal, approached,— called him by his name, and 
referred us to districts where we should find specimens in abundance. As he stated, it happened ; 
* That individuals of this species have approached Latakoo, or rather the country some sixty miles 
to the north of it, we have sufficient evidence in the fact that Mr. Burchell, whose merits as a traveller 
can be best appreciated by those who follow him in the same field, is at present in possession of the horns 
of an individual which was killed by his hunters. 
