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mainly due to the Chinese for their horns for medicinal purposes, 

 the said horns being probably worth their weight in gold to-day. 

 There has for many years been a special customs duty on them." 

 (William W. Fegan, in Loch, 1937, pp. 133-134.) 



(See also the account of R. sondaicus in Siam.) 



French Indo-China. (See the account of R. sondaicus in this 

 country.) 



Barthelemy (1930, pp. 131, 139) refers to this species as a rare 

 animal in Indo-China, living in rocky, densely thicketed, moun- 

 tainous places; he records one killed by Laos hunters in 1904 at 

 Camranh, south of Nhatrang, Annam. 



Undoubtedly the present species has existed, and probably still 

 exists, in Indo-China, since M. H. Maitre and M. Fernand Millet 

 himself have seen several skulls armed with two horns. Its occur- 

 rence in Cambodia and on the Darlac is noted. (De la Chevasnerie, 

 1936?, p. 340.) 



Malay States. "There are several known of in Perak (this was in 

 Jan. 1932) also Selangor and Hubback told me himself that they 

 were in Pahang" (Arthur S. Vernay, in Hit., March 1, 1933). 



"Personally, I am inclined to believe the last species of rhinoceros 

 to exist will be the Sumatrensis as this animal lives in the most 

 remote and inaccessible places, in hills that are practically impossible 

 to man, and quite impossible to elephants, whereas the Unicornis 

 is quite easy to obtain and kill, and the Sondaicus, almost gone, 

 also lives in fairly accessible country" (Arthur S. Vernay, in litt. } 

 October 27, 1933). 



In the Malay Peninsula "the two-horned animal (R. sumatrensis) 

 is more common [than sondaicus] but I did not see any. In recent 

 years one of these was shot by the Sultan of Johore .... H. H. 

 The Sultan is very jealous as regards the protection of animals in his 

 own jungles, and great credit is due him for instituting game laws in 

 his State, even before development of the country had begun." 

 (Burgess, 1935, p. 251.) 



This rhinoceros "needs rigid protection everywhere. In the 

 mountainous parts of the Malay Peninsula it is, probably, still not 

 uncommon." (F. N. Chasen, in litt. } May 5, 1937.) 



Black or Hook-lipped Rhinoceros 



DICEROS BICORNIS BicoRNis (Linnaeus) 



Rhinoceros bicornis Linnaeus, Syst. Naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 56, 1758. ("India," 

 but fixed by Thomas as Cape of Good Hope.) 



