The Republic of Liberia . thought that thegradual extension eastward of the tremendous Congoforests may have been the influence directly responsiblefor separating the almost extinct white rhinoceros ofSouth Africa from the recently discovered members ofthe same family who have been found inhabiting, in con-siderable numbers, portions of the country through whichflow the upper waters of the Nile. Be this as it may,neither the white rhinoceros of the Lado Enclave norhis relative the black variety of almost all Africa over,has as yet been found in any portion of Liberia sofar as our present knowl
The Republic of Liberia . thought that thegradual extension eastward of the tremendous Congoforests may have been the influence directly responsiblefor separating the almost extinct white rhinoceros ofSouth Africa from the recently discovered members ofthe same family who have been found inhabiting, in con-siderable numbers, portions of the country through whichflow the upper waters of the Nile. Be this as it may,neither the white rhinoceros of the Lado Enclave norhis relative the black variety of almost all Africa over,has as yet been found in any portion of Liberia sofar as our present knowledge extends. Although the term Liberian hippopotamus isusually taken to refer exclusively to the small pigmyvariety which seems to be found only in this andneighbouring parts of Africa, and in spite of the verydefinite statements made by other writers that this formis the only one present, the large common hippopotamus,that immense aquatic creature second in size only tothe elephant, nevertheless occurs in more than ^ne. THE LIBERIAN DWARF HIPPOPOTAMUS.
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