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Cuvier, G.; Griffith, E., 1826. The animal kingdom, arranged in conformity with its organization by the Baron Cuvier, with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed. London, Geo B. Whittaker, vol. 3, pp. i-vi, 1-468
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Genus. VI. RHINOCEROS
Incisors 0/0, or 2/2, or 4/4; canines 0.0/0.6; cheek-teeth, 7.7/7.7 or 6.6/6.6. The incisors unequal among themselves when they exist; the anterior cheek-teeth small; the posterior increasing progressively; the eyes small, lateral, and placed far back, like the ears; one or two horns placed on the nose; three toes on all the feet; tail short, laterally compressed near the end; mammæ two; inguinal skin very thick, nearly without hair, and forming, in some species, thick and heavy folds.
742. 1. R. Indicus (Indian Rhinoceros.) Two incisors in each jaw, with a small tooth on each side of them in the upper jaw; one horn on the nose; skin forming several deep folds or plaits; length upwards of ten feet; height about five feet.
Rhinoceros, Pliny, t. III. ch. 20, and XVIII. ch. 1. R. Unicornis, Lin. R. Indicus, Cuv. Menag.
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Icon. Buffon, t. XI pl. 7. Parson's Phil. Trans. Edwards's Gleanings, pl. 221. F. Cuv. Mam.'Lithog. Thomas's Phil. Trans. 1800.
Inhabits India, especially the banks of the Ganges.
Obs. Camper has described a rhinoceros with two incisors in each jaw, as distinct from this. M. Cuvier thinks it the same species, but M. de Blainville otherwise. He has called it R. Camperis.
743. 2. R. Africanus (African Rhinoceros.) No incisors in either jaw; two horns placed longitudinally on the nose; skin without folds or plaits. About the size of the Asiatic species.
Rhinoceros Bicornis, Lin. Africanus, Cuv. Icon. Buff. Sup. VI. pl. 6. Facycis Essai de Geologie, t. 1. pl. 9 and 10.
Inhabits South Africa.
744. 3. R. Bicornis Sumatrensis (Sumatran Two-horned Rhinoceros.) Four incisors, two large and two small in each jaw, and cheek-teeth 6.6/6.6; two horns on the nose; skin with slight indications of folds, and one large one on the shoulders.
Sumatran Rhinoceros, Bell, Phil. Trans. 1793.
Icon. Bell, l. c. Shaw, Gen. Zool. I. pl. 62.
Inhabits Sumatra.
745. 4. R. Sondaicus. Teeth; one horn; body lighter than R. Indicus; skin with slight folds, and covered with occasional short stiff hairs.
Rhinoceros Sondicus, Cuv. R. Sumatranus, Raffes, Lin. Trans.
Icon. Horsfield's Java.
Inhabits Sumatra.
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746. 5. R. Camus. Teeth? undescribed horns two; muzzle truncated; skin without folds. Nearly double the size of the common two-horned species of Africa.
Rhinoceros Simus, Burchell, Journal de Phys., June, 1817, and African Travels, II. 75. Icon. Journal de Phys. l. c. Burchell's Travels. Inhabits Southern Africa.
Obs. A more complete description of this species is promised by Mr. Burchell.
Colonel Gordon indicated a species as new, which Allamand edited in his edition of Buffon. Blainville thinks it probably the Simus of Burchell.
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