CINCINNATI ZOO GUIDE 
them. In early youth the hide of the giraffe is a light red, but it 
deepens as the animal advances in age until it becomes a yellow¬ 
ish brown in the male and in the female a brown bordering on 
black. Giraffes never make any vocal noise whatever. They are 
natives of northern Africa. 
With the discovery of the okapi in the Congo forest a few 
years ago, naturalists have now decided that the okapi is closely 
allied to the giraffe. 
India Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis). Inhabits the plains 
of north-eastern India. It lives amongst jungles and dense 
growth of reeds and grass, which attain a height of fifteen feet. 
Owing to the nature of the country, the India rhinoceros is 
hunted with the aid of elephants. This specie is now greatly 
reduced in number. This is the first specimen to arrive in this 
country in fourteen years. When full grown this specie will 
stand from five and a half to six feet at the shoulder, and will 
weigh two tons. When purchased from the Hagenbeck Brothers, 
April 9th, 1923, this animal was about two and a half years old, 
and cost $10,000.00. 
The Kangaroos stand at the head of the pouched animals, and 
are natives of Australia. There are many varieties, ranging in 
size from that of a full-grown man to that of a rabbit. The fore¬ 
limbs are very short and the hind ones very long. The long and 
powerful tail is used as a means of support when sitting erect. 
When it walks, it rests its fore feet on the ground, bringing its 
long hind legs outside of them. When pursued it travels rapidly 
in a series of jumps, sometimes clearing fifteen feet at a bound. 
The kangaroo is esteemed for its flesh and for its skin, which is 
better than calfskin. Kangaroos are usually found in small 
companies conducted under the chaperonage of an old venerable 
individual. Their food is strictly vegetable. The female produces 
only one young at a time, which she carries in her pouch — the 
object of her constant solicitude. 
These animals derive their name from the Greek word Mar- 
supium , meaning a purse. A pouch is situated on the lower part 
of the abdomen in the female. The young animal being born, so 
to speak, prematurely, is in an undeveloped condition, and is 
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