476 BHIKOCEBOTID.E. 



Jerdon, that a few individuals existed in the forests of Orissa, has 

 been ascertained by Mr. Ball and myself to be a mistake. So far 

 as I am aware, there is no evidence at present that this rhinoceros 

 ever inhabited the Peninsula of India. Its remains have, however, 

 been found fossil in Borneo (P. Z. S. 1869, p. 409). 



Habits. R. sondaicus is more an inhabitant of tree-forest than of 

 grass, and although it is found in the alluvial swamps of the Sund- 

 arbans, its usual habitat appears to be in hilly countries. It has 

 been observed at considerable elevations both in Burma and in 

 Java; and the tracks seen by Major Macgregor south-east of 

 Sadiya, at 7000 feet above the sea (Proc. E. Geog. Soc. 1887, p. 27), 

 were probably made by this species. It is said to be more gentle 

 and inoffensive than R. unicornis. 



336. Rhinoceros sumatrensis. The Asiatic tivo-Jiorned Rhinoceros. 



Rhinoceros sumatrensis, Cuv. Regne An. i, p. 240 (1817) ; Sclater, 



P Z. S. 1872, p. 790, pi. Ixvii ; id. Tr. Z. S. ix, p. 650, pi. xcvii ; 



Anderson, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 129; Bartlett, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 104, 



pi. xi ; Beddard 8f Treves, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 7 ; W. Sclater, Cat. 



p. 204. 

 Rhinoceros sumatranus, Raffles, Tr. L. S. xiii, p. 268 (1820) ; Blyth, 



J. A. S. B. xxxi, p. 151 ; id. Cat. p. 137. 

 Rhinoceros crossei, Gray, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 251 ; Blyth, P. Z. S. 1861, 



p. 307 ; id. J. A. S. B. xxxi, p. 156. 

 Rhinoceros lasiotis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 493, pi. xxiii ; id. Tr. Z. 



S. ix, p. 652, pi. xcviii ; Flower, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 634 ; W. Sclater, 



Cat. p. 204. 

 Ceratorhinus crossei and C. sumatrensis, Blyth, A. M. N. H. (4) x, 



p. 399 (1872) ; id. Mam. Birds Burma, pp! 51, 52. 

 Ceratorhinus sumatranus, C. niger, C. crossei, and C. blythii, Gray, 



A. M. N. H. (4) xi, pp. 357-360, pi. xi (1873) ; id. Hand-list 



Edent. 8fc. Mam. B. M. pp. 47-50. 

 Ceratorhinus sumatrensis and C. lasiotis, Flower, P. Z. S. 1876, 



p. 455. 

 Ryan, Kyan-shaw, Burmese ; Bdddk, Malay. 



This is the smallest of living rhinoceroses and the most hairy, the 

 greater part of the body being thinly clad with hair of some length, 

 and there being hair of considerable though varying length on the 

 ears and tail. The two horns are some distance apart at the base ; 

 both are slender above, and the anterior horn, in fine specimens, 

 elongate and curved backwards. The skin is usually rough and 

 granular ; the folds, though much less marked than in the one- 

 horned species, are still existent, but only that behind the shoulders 

 is continued across the back. Incisors in adults f , the lower pair 

 lateral, large, and pointed ; sometimes lost in old animals. 



Colour varying from earthy-brown to almost black ; hair of body 

 brown or black. 



Dimensions. Somewhat variable. The type of R. lasiotis was 4 ft. 

 4 in. high at the shoulder, and 8 feet long from snout to root of tail ; 

 its weight about 2000 Ibs. (Anderson). An old female from Malacca 

 was only 3 ft. 8 in. high. The average height of adults is probably 



