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THE MALAY PROVINCE 



in the Bengal Sandarbans and parts of eastern Bengal. It is considerably smaller 

 than the large one-horned Indian species, from which it differs widely in the characters 

 of the skin. In place of the large tubercles of the Indian species, the skin of the body 

 and limbs is covered with small, angular, scaly discs of uniform size which form a 

 network of cracks. As in the Indian rhinoceros, the skin is divided into shields by 

 folds, those before and behind the shoulders being continued right across the body 

 like the other two main folds. The horn, which is frequently absent in the 

 female, is never very large. This rhinoceros is more an inhabitant of forests than 

 of grassy plains, and although found in the low swamps of the Sandarbans, is 

 usually met with in mountainous regions. In Burma and Java it is found at a 

 considerable altitude, its footprints having been noticed south-east of Sadiya at an 

 altitude of 6500 feet. 



MALAY CHEVEOTAIN. 



Sumatran 

 Rhinoceros. 



The two-horned Sumatran rhinoceros (R. sumatrensis) ranges 

 from Assam into Siam, and southwards into Sumatra and Borneo. 

 It is the smallest existing member of the group, the average height being only 

 about 4 feet. This rhinoceros is more thickly haired than any of the other 

 species, the greater portion of the body, which is greyish brown or black, being 

 thinly covered with longish black hair, which tends, however, to disappear with 

 age. From both the other Asiatic rhinoceroses it is broadly distinguished by 

 possessing two horns, which are often of considerable size and curve backwards. 

 The skin is coarsely granular, with the folds indistinctly marked, and only the one 

 behind the shoulder continued across the back. It also differs from the other 

 species in having only one pair of incisor teeth in the lower jaw. The Chittagong 

 representative of this species (R. sumatrensis lasiotis), which was at first thought 



