Note
Location
India
Subject
Distribution
Species
Greater One-horned Rhino (unicornis)
Gen. Rhinoceros.
Rhinoceros Indicus, Cuv.
This animal inhabits the densest parts of the forests, and is generally found to frequent swampy places. The old ones are frequently killed for their skin or their horn. The skin is valuable, the best shields in the country being made of it, and a great degree of sanctity is attached to the horn. The horn is not a process of the bones of the nose, but united to them by a concave surface so as to admit of being detached laceration or a severe blow. The rhinoceros makes no use of its horn as a weapon of offence, but for this purpose invariably makes use of its teeth.
