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WILD BEASTS AND THEIR WA YS 
CHAP. 
the great incisors and single horn of the preceding, 
has fewer folds in the skin, though one of them on 
the neck is larger; and what is remarkable, the 
entire skin is covered with square angular tubercles. 
“ The Sumatran rhinoceros [Rh. Sumatrensis , 
Cuv.), with the same four great incisors of the 
foregoing, has no folds to the skin, which is besides 
hairy, and there is a second horn behind the first. 
“The African rhinoceros ( Rh . Africanus , Cuv.), 
or rather rhinoceroses, three species of them being 
now ascertained. Two horns as in the preceding; 
and no folds in the skin, nor any incisor teeth, the 
molars occupying nearly the whole length of the 
jaw. This deficiency of incisors might warrant a 
separation from the others. The great rhinoceros 
( Rh . simus, Burchell), which considerably exceeds 
in size any of the others, is further distinguished by 
its pale colour, its very long and straight anterior 
horn, and remarkably short hind one, and parti¬ 
cularly by the form of its upper lip, which is not 
capable of elongation, and a certain degree of 
prehension, as in all the others; it is the most 
gregarious of any, and also the most inoffensive, 
frequenting the open karoos. The common Cape 
rhinoceros [Rk. Africanus , Cuv.) is darker, with 
also unequal horns, the posterior being shorter; 
and the Ketloa rhinoceros ( Rh . Ketloa ), recently 
discovered by Dr. Smith, is an animal of solitary 
habits, with horns of equal length, reputed to ex¬ 
ceed the rest in ferocity.” 
I have extracted the definition assumed by 
