[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The hindmost horn is the smallest and about two inches in height; it has, a quadrangular base, with two of the angles external (one posterior and the other anterior), and its apex is conical. It is placed between the eyes, but its posterior basal angle is slightly behind the external margin of the eye, while the anterior angle is about three inches before the inner margin of the eye. The anterior horn, separated from the former by about three inches, is full aqd rounded, and, although about twice the size of the posterior horn, does not exceed it in height; it is placed above the nostril, to which, however, its hinder margin is slightly posterior.
The specimen examined is a young female that strayed into Chittagong in February 1869, when it was captured, and where it has remained till within the last few weeks. It has been brought to Calcutta by Mr. Jamrach of London, to whom I am indebted for my examination of this interesting animal. Mr. Jamrach has purchased it in the hope of being able to take it to London alive, where, if he succeeds in his endeavour, it will doubtless attract much interest, as no living example of this species, that I am aware of, has hitherto reacbed England. The uncertainty, however, of this enterprise induces me to forward to the Society these notes, together with an unquestionable representation of the external characters of this species.
[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] She is fed on pulse and grass, but has a special liking for the thick fleshy stems of the plantain and for the small branches of the mango-tree, which she devours with evident pleasure, her powerful jaws crushing with ease young twigs about an inch in diameter, each closure of the living mill exhaling a fine aroma, in which she revels, and which recalls to the bystander the gustatory fragrance, so to speak, of that prince among fruits. Like her kith and kin she is very fond of water, and has a special predilection for a muddy hollow close beside her, in which she wallows, delighting to bury her huge head in the slimy ooze.
[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] She has a peculiar habit of squirting out her urine to a great distance, s?nding it out behind her nearly twenty feet, a habit which may be the means by which the male is made aware of her presence in the dense recesses of her native forests, where smell is probably the sole guide by which the sexes become aware of each other's presence.
Since writing the above, I have learned from my friend Lieut. Bourne that a smooth-skinned Rhinoceros is said by the Cossyahs to occur in their hills, two days' journey to the south of Charyolah. These men know Rhinoceros sondaicus, so that it seems very probable that R. sumatrensis extends into the heart of the Cossyah hills.
It is also probable, as Blyth observes, that it ranges into Assam, because, while at Bbamo in Upper Burniah, I was informed by an intelligent native that two-horned Rhinocerotes are found in the Mogonny district, which is close to the confines of Assam, and as far north as the twenty-sixth degree of north latitude.
It is also probable, as Blyth observes, that it ranges into Assam, because, while at Bbamo in Upper Burniah, I was informed by an intelligent native that two-horned Rhinocerotes are found in the Mogonny district, which is close to the confines of Assam, and as far north as the twenty-sixth degree of north latitude.
[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] She is fed on pulse and grass, but has a special liking for the thick fleshy stems of the plantain and for the small branches of the mango-tree, which she devours with evident pleasure, her powerful jaws crushing with ease young twigs about an inch in diameter, each closure of the living mill exhaling a fine aroma, in which she revels, and which recalls to the bystander the gustatory fragrance, so to speak, of that prince among fruits. Like her kith and kin she is very fond of water, and has a special predilection for a muddy hollow close beside her, in which she wallows, delighting to bury her huge head in the slimy ooze.
[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The ears are full and more rounded than pointed, and fringed with long, rather drooping hairs.
[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The ears are full and more rounded than pointed, and fringed with long, rather drooping hairs.
[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The eye is small.
[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The upper lip is anteriorly pointed and prehensile.
[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The tail has numerous transverse folds, and reaches nearly to a line with the groin, having long hair on the anterior and posterior borders of its lower third.
[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The skin is ashy grey,
[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The skin is ashy grey, and covered with bristles about one inch in length, and its tubercles are small and flat.
[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London]
This same informant also assured me that he had seen at Mogonny a Rhinoceros-head with three horns.
[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The skin is ashy grey, and covered with bristles about one inch in length, and its tubercles are small and flat.
[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The female which forms the subject of these observations is about 4 feet 6 inches high at the shoulders, and about 8 feet from the snout to the root of the tail
[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] The female which forms the subject of these observations is about 4 feet 6 inches high at the shoulders, and about 8 feet from the snout to the root of the tail
[Female shown in Calcutta 1872 in transit to London] it weighs nearly 2000 lbs.
