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is found in the Sunderbuns, and from Manipur through Burmah 

 to the Malay Peninsula ; the third is found in Arakan and 

 Tenasserim ; the fourth, from Tenasserim through Burmah 

 to Siam and the Malay Peninsula ; the two first varieties 

 being one-horned, the two last two-horned. The Asiatic rhino- 

 ceros differs from the African in three particulars : the skin 

 is divided into shields by well-marked folds ; he has long 

 upper cutting teeth (the African having none), and the nasal 

 bones of the skull are produced and conical instead of broad 

 and round (Sterndale). 



The chief difference between R. indicus and R. sondaicus is 

 that the latter has a well-marked fold in front of the shoulders, 

 the line running over the back of the neck, whilst in Indicus it 

 dies away on the shoulder-blade ; the head of Sondaicus is also 

 somewhat slenderer, and the female has no horn. In Indicus 

 both sexes have this horn, and the curious tesselated appearance 

 of the hide in one is very different from the tuberculated armour 

 of the other. 



Though Sondaicus has been described as the lesser Indian 

 rhinoceros, there is little difference in the size between this and 

 other Indian varieties. 



R. lasiotis and R. sumatrensis have more or less hairy 

 hides instead of tubercles. Lasiotis is larger, lighter in colour, 

 with wide-set ears, a short tufted tail, and a long fringe of hair 

 on the back edge of the ear ; Sumatrensis is smaller, darker, 

 with close-set ears (which are filled with black hair but have 

 no fringe), and tail long, tapering, and semi-nude. 



The native names of all four varieties seem much the 

 same : ' Gainda,' ' Gaira,' ' Gonda,' generally ; ' Gor ' Assam, 

 ' Khyenhsen ' Burmah, ' Bodok ' Malay. 



The rhinoceros does not extend to Central and Southern 

 India, being only found in the heavy grass swamps of the Terai, 

 Assam, &c. ; consequently the only way of hunting this beast is 

 with elephants. The rhinoceros may be either tracked up to his 

 lair on a single elephant, or the jungle may be beaten as for tigers. 



In no branch of sport is it more necessary to have trust- 



