1877.] 



OF RHINOCKROS SONDAICUS. 



709 



In skin-folding and surface- texture the Sunderbund and Javan 

 specimens agree exactly ; the young Sunderbund animal presentiS 



exrpUn"he"fluT'r™'^" t A'''''' ^P'^^'"^'^ tubrrcS".' 

 except in the gluteal region, where the boiler-bolt-shaned tubercles 

 are somewhat larger than elsewhere. Along the back fl e cattered 

 brown hairs, which spring from the yielding linear intertubercular 

 surfaces, are also well developed. mieriuoercular 



Fis:. 2. 



Mucous surface of ileum of Rhinoceros somlaicus. 



The following are the lengths of the alimentary viscera :— 



Small intestine, 26 feet 2 inches. 

 Large intestine, 9 feet 10 inches. 

 Caecum, 1 foot 3 inches. 



The stomach, in shape, is very much like that of R. unicornis as 

 figured by Prof. Owen. Its cardiac surface is lined with the smooth 

 white squamous epithelium found in all the Perissodactyla This 

 occupied about one third of the total gastric area, extendin<. alon- 

 most of tiie lesser curvature, the rest being covered with a smooth 



