152 MAMMALS OF THE PACIFIC WORLD 



former habitat. It is still hunted bv natives, cliicfly because of 

 the high prices paid for its carcass by the Chinese who use not 



Fig. 66 — Javan Rhinoceros 



only the horn but the bones, blood, and other parts for medi- 

 cine. This animal can bo saved from extinction only by rigid 



Fig. 67 — Sumatraji Rhinoceros 



protection. The Javan rhinoceros lives in the forest. It stays 

 near places where it can wallow and is found both in the swampy 

 lowlands and as high as seven thousand feet in the mountains. 



