CHAPTER XVI 
RHINOCEROS 
The “unicorn” of the ancients has been one of 
those animals that appear to defy the attacks of 
man. It is thus described by Cuvier:—“They 
are large animals, with each foot divided into three 
toes ; and the nasal bones, very thick and united into 
a kind of arch, support a solid horn, which adheres 
to the skin, and is composed of a fibrous and horny 
substance, resembling agglutinated hairs. They are 
naturally stupid and ferocious; frequent marshy 
places ; subsist upon herbage and the branches of 
trees ; have a simple stomach, very long intestines, 
and a great ccecum. 
“The Indian rhinoceros. [Rh. Indicus, Cuv.) In 
addition to its twenty grinders, this species has two 
stout incisive teeth in each jaw, together with two 
other intermediate smaller ones below, and two, still 
more diminutive, outside of its upper incisors. It 
has only one horn, and its skin is remarkable for the 
deep folds into which it is thrown behind, and across 
the shoulders, and before, and across the thighs. 
“The Javanese rhinoceros (Rh. Javanus, Cuv.), with 
