Game Animals of India, etc. 



two horns to have been derived from one and the same 

 animal. If this be so, it is practically certain that the 

 Singpho rhinoceros cannot be identical with the great 

 Indian species, despite the story current in Assam that 

 the latter, when very old, will sometimes grow a second 

 horn. 



Nevertheless, it seems within the bounds of proba- 

 bility, judging from the native reports as to the great 

 size of the animal and also from the large dimensions 

 of the horn in Sir Charles Elliott's possession, that the 

 Singpho rhinoceros may turn out to be more or less 

 closely related to Rhinoceros unicornis^ although provided 

 with two horns. The definite addition of such an 

 animal to the Asiatic fauna would be a matter of great 

 interest, and sportsmen and officials connected with 

 Upper Burma should use every effort to obtain at least 

 the skull and head-skin of the Singpho rhinoceros, in 

 order that its real affinities may be determined. It 

 may be added that, in view of the comparatively recent 

 date at which we became definitely acquainted with the 

 tsaine, or Burmese bantin, there is nothing improbable 

 in a rhinoceros which inhabits a still more remote, and 

 consequently less known district, proving to be at least 

 subspecifically distinct from any of the named repre- 

 sentatives of the group. 



THE JAVAN RHINOCEROS 



{Rhinoceros sondaicus^ 



Native Names. — Gainda^ Hindustani ; Gonda^ Ben- 

 gali ; Kunda, Kedi^ and Kweda of the Nagas ; 

 Kyeng and Kyan - tsheng^ Burmese ; Badak^ 

 Malay. 



(Plate i, fig. 3) 



Although possessing only a single horn, the Javan 

 rhinoceros is a very different beast, both externally and 



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