The Javan Rhinoceros 



in its internal anatomy, from the preceding species. In 

 the first place, although measurements of adult males 

 are still required, it is a somewhat smaller and lighter- 

 built animal, with a relatively less bulky and less 

 elevated head. The folds of skin round the neck are 

 also much less developed, and the body-fold on the 

 shoulders is continued right across the back in the same 

 manner as are the other two great folds. Moreover, 

 owing to the absence of the deep groove on the rump, 

 the tail stands out quite distinct from the hind-quarters, 

 so that its whole extent is exposed in a side view. 

 Very characteristic also is the structure of the skin, 

 which lacks the " boiler-rivets " of the great Indian 

 species, and is marked all over with a kind of mosaic- 

 like pattern, caused by the presence of a network of fine 

 cracks in the superficial layer. A piece of skin cut 

 from any part of the body is therefore amply sufficient 

 to determine to which of the two species it pertained. 



Yet another peculiarity of the Javan rhinoceros is to 

 be found in the frequent, if not invariable, absence of 

 the horn in the female. Male horns of between lo 

 and i i inches in length are recorded. 



As regards the height of the animal, the most 

 authentic measurement of a wild specimen is that of a 

 female, which stood 5|- feet at the shoulder ; but males 

 must almost certainly attain larger dimensions. 



The present species is of the same dusky-grey 

 colour as the last, and its hide is equally devoid of hair. 

 The cheek-teeth, however, although numerically the 

 same as in the Indian rhinoceros, show a simpler 

 pattern, while their crowns wear into ridges instead of 

 a uniformly flat plane. This may be taken to indicate 

 that the present species feeds chiefly upon twigs and 

 leaves. 



Typically an inhabitant of Java, this rhinoceros is 

 also found in the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, as 

 well as in the Malay Peninsula, whence it extends 

 northwards through Burma into Assam, and so into 



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