TWO-HORNED RHINOCEROS. US 
Two-horned rhinoceros. 
This species differs from the last, in the ap- . 
pearance of its skin ; which* instead of vast and 
regularly marked armour-like folds* lias merely 
a very slight wrinkle across the shoulders and on 
the hinder parts* with a few fainter wrinkles on 
the sides ; so that* in comparison with the com- 
mon rhinoceros* it appears almost smooth. What* 
however* constitutes the principal distinction* is 
the nose being furnished with two horns* one of 
which is smaller than the other, and situated 
above it. These horns are said to be loose when 
the animal is in a quiet state* but to become firm 
and immoveable when he is enraged. 
In its habits and manner of feeding* this differs 
but little from the single-horned rhinoceros. Le 
Vaillant says* that w hen these animals ar£ at rest* 
they always place themselves in the direction of 
the wind* with their noses towards it* in order to 
discover by their smell the approach of any ene- 
mies. From time to time* however* they move 
their heads round to look behind them, and to 
be assured that they are safe on all sides ; but 
they soon return to their former position. When 
they are irritated they tear up the ground w ith 
ftheir horn ; throwing the earth and stones furi- 
ously* and to a vast distance* over their heads. 
Mr. Bruce’s description of the manners of the 
two-horned rhinoceros* is deserving of particular 
notice. He informs us that* “ besides theV trees 
capable of most resistance* there are* in the vast 
forests within the rains* trees of a softer consis- 
tence* and of a very succulent quality* which 
seem to he destined for the principal food of this 
animal. For the purpose of gaining the highest 
branches of these* his upper lip is capable of 
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