472 



BHIXOCEROTID.E. 



and formidable weapons ; according to some these are lower canines. 

 The anterior premoJar in both jaws is very often wanting. The 

 other upper prernolars and molars are subquadrate with a longitu- 

 dinal crest along the outer side and peculiarly incurved ridges on 

 the inner; lower molars and premolars narrower, each formed of 

 two crescentic ridges. The patterns on the teeth after wear are 

 shown by the accompanying figure. Vertebrae : C. 7, D. 19-20, L. 3, 

 S. 4, C. at out 22. Ulna and fibula well developed and distinct. 



Fig. 153. Crowns of () upper and (b) lower second right true molars of 

 Rhinoceros unicornis, the inner side uppermost. 



The genus is only found living in Africa and South-eastern Asia. 

 Formerly it was widely distributed. Three extinct species, besides 

 R. unicornis, have been recorded from the Pleistocene, and five from 

 the Pliocene and Miocene beds of India. 



Synopsis of Indian and Burmese Species. 



A. A single horn on the nose. 



a. Fold in front of shoulder not continued over 



back of neck ; skin of sides bearing 



tubercles JR. unicomis, p. 472. 



6. Fold in front of shoulder continued over 



back of neck ; skin of sides divided into 



small polygonal scales R. sondaicus, p. 474. 



B. Two horns on nose JR. sumatrensis, p. 476. 



334. Khinoceros unicornis. The great one-horned Rhinoceros. 

 Rhinoceros unicornis, L. Syst. Nat. i, p. 104 (1766) ; Hodgson, 



P. Z. 1834, p. 98 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 1010 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 



1871, p. 8 ; id. Tr. Z. S. ix, p. 645, pi. xcv ; Flower, P. Z. S. 1876, 



p. 454 ; W. Sclater, Cat. p. 202. 

 Rhinoceros indicus, Cuv. Reyne An. i, p. 239 (1817); Blyth, 



J. A. 8. B. xxxi, pp. 151, 199 ; id. Cat. p. 136 ; Jerdon, Mam. 



p. 232; Lydekker, J. A. S. B. xlix, pt. 2, p. 135; Cockbum, 



J. A. S. B. lii, p. 56. 

 Rhinoceros stenocephalus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 1018. 



Gainda, Garaadan, II. ; Karkadan, P. ; Gonda, Beng. 



