34 MAMMALIA. BRIJTA. Rhinoceros. 
Bands 12 ; toes 5 i ' Twelve-handed ArtnadilU‘ \ 
cinBus, Inhabits Sotilli Aniericat 
Covering of the fore-part of the back coniifls of a feries of fevctt 
foiall fhiclds, tlic hind-part of nine ; bands apparently iiin* 
ning into one, and was by Linne called D.Unicintlus. 
Maximus. Barkis 1 2 ; legs and tail divided into lozenge-fhaped fcalcs- 
Largejl AnnadilU- 
Inhabits South America : feeds in the night ; eatable. 
Bands 18 ; Ihield on the rump o. i%-handed Annadlllo> 
Inhabits South America. 
Skidd only 1, on the fhoulder; fcalesof the armour of the head 
round, of the neck iquave ; breajl, belly, ears, naked ; bodji 
about 10 inches long, head 3, tail 5. 
Longicau- Bands 9 ; tall loitg, jointedi 
d'V-s. Inhabits slmerica : about the ftze of a cat. 
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10: RHINOCEROS. Horn folid, perennial, 
conic, placed on the nofcj not adhering 
to the bone. 
Morn I. One-horned Rhinoceros- 
Inhabits irlarniy places between the Tropics j lives on thorn* 
and fpinoiis plants ; may be tamed, and becomes mild, but 
when enraged will overturn trees with its violence; figb*' 
weak, hearing aiid fmclling very acute. 
Infize, but not in fagaciiy, refembling the elephant, except that 
its feet are fliorter; in habits and voice, the hog; urines and 
cohabits backwards ; Jkin hard, rclifting Iwords, arrows and 
even mufket-balls, naked except on the tail and cars ; Jold^ 
tranlVerls, regular ; tough, fpongy; tongue foft’; 
hany at the bafe, acute, fibrous, frequently 3 f^t long ; forf' 
teeth when old o, when young ftraggling, remote, lo’litary! 
hoofs 3 ; tad tapenng, fliorter than the feet. 
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Sicornis. Horns 2. Two-homed Rhinocerd' 
Inhabits Africa ; and ib.e bones are by Pallas, laid to be ofte** 
found burried in the north of Rujfia. ' 
Tlcfh refembles that of a hog ; vifeera thofe of the horfe ; 
'bladder o; fore-teeth o; the fccond horn fhorter, place'^ 
over the firli. ’ ^ 
A variety is rarely found with 3 horns, the third being ^ 
excrcfcence on one of the others. 
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