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AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS 
The Somali race of the black rhinoceros differs chiefly 
by being smaller than the typical form of British East 
Africa and the region south of it. The skull shows a flatter 
outline, the occipital crest being much less elevated than 
in the larger race. The depth of this dorsal concavity 
varies from i inches to 2 % inches and averages a half 
inch less than specimens from the highlands of British East 
Africa. The body coloration is also slightly lighter, being 
neutral gray, and the ears have a shorter fringe of hair at 
their tips. Two specimens are in the National Museum, 
shot by Paul J. Rainey on the low desert plains in the 
vicinity of the Northern Guaso Nyiro. The skins of these 
two specimens are neutral gray and distinguishable by their 
lighter color and shorter growth of hair on the ear tips from 
specimens from the Loita Plains of British East Africa. 
Both of these specimens are females. The older and more 
typical one showed the following measurements in the flesh: 
head and body, 9 feet 8 inches; tail, 26 inches; hind foot, 
17 inches; ear, 7^ inches. The skull has a length of 21 % 
inches. A very old skull from Longaya Spring, with the teeth 
worn down almost to the gums, has a length of 20^ inches, 
which is the average length for the race. The horns do not 
differ in shape or relative size from those of the typical race. 
The length of the front one in the specimen of which the 
flesh measurements have been given was 28 inches, while 
another one has a horn length of 22 inches, but these are 
both exceptionally long-horned specimens, and were the 
longest seen among some thirty or forty observed in the 
field. The Somaliland record given by Ward is 29^ inches. 
Besides the specimens examined at the National Museum, 
from the lower course of the Northern Guaso Nyiro and 
the region north of it toward Mount Marsabit, specimens 
from Somaliland have been examined in the British Museum 
and in Powell-Cotton’s collection at Quex Park. 
