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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Horn of Sumatran Rhinoceros. Shot by G. F. W. Curtis. 



The SUMATRAN RHINOCEROS (Rhinoceros [Ceratorhinus] * sumatrensis). 



The smallest of the Asiatic rhinoceroses, and the only one with two 

 horns ; differing, however, from the African members of the genus by 

 the presence of folds in the skin and of teeth in the front of the jaws. 

 Only the fold behind the shoulders is continued across the back, and 

 the brown or black skin is rough, granular, and more or less hairy. 

 Height at shoulder from about 4 feet to 4^ feet ; weight about 2000 Ibs. 

 Distribution. From Assam (where the species is very rare) to Siam, 



the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. The Assam animal is 



a distinct local race (R. sumatrensis lasiotis}. 



Length on 

 outside curve. 



Front. Riar. 



32k 



Circumference. 

 Kront. Rear. 



171 



Locality. 



IS 



1 1 



3-i i5-i 



3-i I2f 



17 Malay Peninsula 



"J ? 



12 A Burma 



Owner. 



British Museum. 



Do. 



C. B. Smales. 

 Sir T. S. Tancrecl, Bart. 

 The late C. W. A. Bruce. 



1 Aii earlier name is Dicerorhinus, but this is too like Diceros, the subgcneric (or generic) name of the African 

 rhinoceroses, to be employed. 



