188 THE FLAT-NOSED RHINOCEROS. 
From the lips to the insertion of the tail of the 
Rhinoceros bicomis, 111 inches, of Rhinoceros simus, 134 
Length of the tail, 20 — 25 
Circumference of the 
body, . . 100 — 140 
From the extremity of 
the lips to the ear, 274 — 
Several extinct species of Rhinoceros are known, 
in part, from their remains, distinct from any of 
those we have been noticing. In almost every 
country where the bones of the Elephant have 
been found, they are accompanied, in nearly equal 
quantities, by those of the Rhinoceros. The vale 
of Arno, in Italy, is one of the greatest deposits, 
also different parts of Germany and Siberia. One 
of the more remarkable species, and unfortunately 
least known, is scarcely larger than the common 
hog. Our authority for its introduction rests 
upon the discovery of some teeth and other bones 
found in the department of Loire and Garonne, 
among the debris of other Rhinoceri, Crocodiles, 
and Tortoises. R. minutus has been applied 
to it. 
We have now come to another genus of 
animals, which most of our later zoologists have 
agreed to bring into the present situation. It is 
the genus Hyrax of Herman, which we shall 
illustrate first by 
