RHINOCEROS TRIBE, 109 
Several other varieties of armadillos are obscurely 
described^ but as this animal lives chiefly in 
retired situations, it is very probable that other 
species of it may exist 
RHINOCEROS TRIBE, 
We now come to a race of animals of huge size 
and bulk, inhabitants only of the tropical climates. 
They are dull and sluggish in their manners, but in 
their disposition sufficiently peaceable, except when 
attacked or provoked. They have on the nose a 
solid, conical horn, not fixed in the bone ; this is 
never shed, but remains, unless broken off by acci- 
dent, during life. Their skin is tuberculated and 
hard, but on the under parts of the body suf- 
ficiently tender to be cut through with a knife. 
The general internal structure of the animals of 
this tribe corresponds with what is observed in the 
horse. 
Single-horned rhinoceros. 
The single horned rhinoceros is not exceeded in 
size by any land animal except the elephant, and 
in strength and power it gives place to none. Its 
height is eight feet, and its length is usually 
about twelve feet, and this is also nearly the girth 
of its body. 
Its nose is armed with a formidable weapon, a 
hard and very solid horn, sometimes above three 
feet in length, and eighteen inches in circumference 
the base, with which it is able to defend itself 
