RHINOCEROS SONDAICUS. 



Obd. VP.^ Pachydermes, Cuvier. 2"!" Famille. Pachydermes ordinaires, 



2*.^ Division. 

 OuD. II. Bruta, Linn. Syst. 

 Ord. V. MuLTUNGULA, Illiger. Fam. 18, Nasicornia. 



RHINOCEROS, Linn. Briss. Erxlel. Bodd. Cuv. Geoff. lUig. 



Char. Gen. — Denies primores his nulli, illis supra duo minuti decidui, infra duo 

 minuti conici inter duo majores cylindricos, omnes inclusi. Pro Laniariis 

 diastema. Molares complicati tuberculati, supra infraque utrinsecus septem. 



Rostrum produetum chilomate obtuso ; labro in processum mobilem excurrente. 

 Cornu unicum aut duo cornea solida acuta, naso imposita. Aurieules oblongas, 

 capite multo breviores, basi infundibuliformes. 



Corpus setis raris obsitum. Cauda brevis. Mammce apertae duee ventrales. 



Pedes distincti ambulatorii, tridactyli, digitis cute obvolutis. Ungues : ungulse tres 

 insistentes, omnes anticas. Illiger. 



Rhinoceros cornu unico, rugis colU obsoletis, scutulis epidermidis margine angulatis 

 medio concavis setis paucis brevibus obsitis, auribus margine caudaque subtus 

 pilosis. 



Warak of the Javanese. 



Badak of the Malays, and of the inhabitants of the virestern parts of Java. 



Rhinoceros sondaicus, Cuvier, in Encycl. Method. Mammalog. p. 399, par M. A. G, 

 Desmarest, 1822. 



The Rhinoceros sondaicus has so great a resemblance in its general phy- 

 siognomy, to the Indian Rhinoceros, hitherto know^n by the name of One-horned 

 Rhinoceros, that it requires considerable accuracy and care to demonstrate its 

 distinguishing characters. Having had an opportunity, during my residence at 

 Surakarta, the capital of the dominions of the Emperor of Java, to examine an 

 individual, taken during infancy, and kept in confinement, or rather in a state of 



