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and lower jaws that turn upward and backward in sweeping 

 curves. The legs are long in comparison with other pigs. The 

 babirusa of Burn has a well-developed grayish coat, while the 

 Celebes form is very scantily haired. 



Fig. 65 — Babirusa 

 Odd-toed Ungulates. Order Perissodactyla 



This order contains those hoofed animals which have an odd 

 number of toes, namely, horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs. Only 

 the rhinoceroses and tapirs are found within the East Indies. 



Rhinoceroses. Family Rhinocerotid^ 



The rhinoceroses are now found only in Africa and southern 

 Asia. In Africa there are two kinds and in Asia three, two of 

 which are found in our region. 



The Javan Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) carries a 

 single horn and looks very much like a small edition of the 

 large Indian rhinoceros. It has deep folds in its thick, dusky 

 gray skin. At one time this animal had a very extensive range, 

 from eastern India, Burma, and Indo-China through Thailand 

 and the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and Java. It is now very 

 rare everywhere and has become extinct in many parts of its 



