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ONE HORNED SUMATRAN 

 RHINOCEROS. 



Rhinoceros Sondaicus. CUVIER. 

 PLATE X. 



Rhinoceros Sondaicus, Cuv. Horsfield's Zool. Re- 

 searches in Java. 



THE chief distinctions are seen in the more 

 attenuated head and muzzle. The folds appear 

 less rough and prominent ; those of the neck 

 comparatively smaller ; and the posterior fold, 

 ^rhich has an oblique direction towards the spine, 

 is less extended. The thick covering, or coat, is 

 divided on the surface into small tubercles, or 

 polygonous scutula ; and a few short bristly hairs, 

 rising from a slight depression in the centre, con- 

 stitute a peculiar character. The ears are bordered 

 with a series of long stiff bristles, closely arranged, 

 and a similar series also extends along the tail 

 through its whole length. Dr Horsfield gives 

 the following description of its habits. 



" The individual represented in our plate, and 

 which has afforded the preceding details, was 



