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THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT. 
The elephant lives wholly on vegetable diet. 
The Indian Rhinoceros (.Rhinoceros unicornis ). There 
are several species of rhinoceros found in Africa and Asia, 
the distribution of the animal being almost identical with 
that of the elephant. Almost all the species, with the ex¬ 
ception of this and the Javan Rhinoceros, have two horns, 
one immediately behind the other. In the specimen in the 
Garden, only the stump of the horn is visible, as “Pete,” 
being of a restless disposition, is inclined to rub his head 
against the wall of his cage, and so wears off his horn as fast 
as it grows out. 
The thick hide of the rhinoceros renders him almost in¬ 
vulnerable to the attack of other animals, and his great 
strength, which gives him an activity not at all in keeping 
with his appearance, coupled with the possession of a sharp, 
strong horn on the bridge of his nose, causes him to be much 
respected, by the inhabitants of the region in which he lives. 
