PLATE XIX. 
RHINOCEROS SIMUS—THE SQUARE-NOSED, OR WHITE RHINOCEROS. 
Witte Rhinoster of the Cape Colonists. | Chickore and Mohoohoo of the Bechuana and Matabili. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. —Six feet six or eight inches high at the shoulder, and above fourteen in extreme length. 
General contour somewhat elephantine. Body massive and ponderous. Head shapeless and more than three feet long. Muzzle 
truncated, upwards of eighteen inches in breadth; furnished with two horns placed one behind the other upon the vaulted 
dome of the nose; the anterior robust and ringed at the base, tapering to a sharp point, and curved to the form of a cock’s 
spur, generally exceeding three feet in length; the upper portion highly polished, and the base often so beset with bristles as 
to resemble a worn-out brush. Posterior horn a mere excrescence from four to six inches long, sometimes ringed at the base. 
Ears pointed and approximated, their edges fringed with bristles. A Square massive hump rising from the neck. Eye very 
diminutive and lateral. Legs. short and terminating in three toes. Tail about two feet long, compressed and bristled at the 
extremity. Hide rough, naked, and knotty; extremely thick, arranged in folds and plaits about the neck, and deeply cut 
with wrinkles over the face. Colour varying, usually dirty brownish white. 
Female similar but smaller. Mammz two. Very numerous in the interior after passing Kurrichane, and aegell 
gregarious in small parties. Inhabits variously, being found in equal abundance on open grassy plains, and in hilly or thinly 
wooded regions. 
