E RHINOCEROS. 



a03 



Rhinoceros floweri, Gray P. Z. S., p. 1015 (1867). 

 Rhinoceros nasalis, Gray P.Z. S., p. 1012 (1867). 



The Sondaic Rhinoceros. 



Dislributian. — The Sunderbunds and formerly the Rajmahal 

 hills in Bengal ; Assam, south of the Brahmaputra and Burma, 

 extending southwards through Tenasserim and the Malay penin- 

 sula to Sumatra, Java and Borneo. 



The comparison of the very iine collection of skulls in the list 

 below, shows that there is no discernable distinction between the 

 Sondaic Rhinoceros of the Sunderbunds, of Tenasserim, and of 

 Java ; the sktiU from Java, though very aged, shows no points of 

 distinction from that of the Sunderbunds. The ossified meseth- 

 moid (i-./. Fraser J. A. S. B., xliv, p. 10) is present in only two of 

 the skulls in the collection ; in one or two others, however, there are 

 traces of where it should have been, but it has evidently dropped 

 off in the cleaning of the skull ; there can be little doubt that it will 

 be found in all carefully cleaned skulls. 



The mesethmoid does not appear ever to be ossified in Rhinos- 

 ceros unicornis. 



The large stuffed female "a" in the list below shows no trace 

 of a horn, whether this is a constant characteristic of the female of 

 this species or not, it is impossible to state without further evidence ; 

 several people, however, who have seen this species alive, confirm 

 this ; BIyth asserted that there was no sexual differences in R. uni- 

 cornis and R. sondaicus ; if therefore the female of R. sondaicus 

 has no horn this is not correct. 



a. Stuffed, ske- ? Sunderbunds 



leton. 



b. Stuffed, Sjuv. Sunderbunds 



skeleton. 



c. Skeleton ? Jessore dist. 



d. Skeleton $ 



e. Skeleton, ^juv. 



skin, 

 /. Skeleton, $ juv. 



skin. 

 g. Skeleton, ^ juv. 



skin. 

 h. Skeleton, $ juv. , 



skin. 



j. Skull ^juv. , 



k. Skin ^juv. ...,., 



/. Skull 



m. Skull Tenasserim 



n. Skull Tavoy Point 



o. Skull . .. 



p. Skull Java 



S. Skull Sunderbunds 



r. Skull ^juv. 



O. L. Fraser and J. F. Barck. 



ley, 1874, 

 J. F. Barckley, 1872. 



J. H. Barlow, 1834, A.SvB. 

 Babu H. M. Roy, 1884. 

 Purchased, 1 880. 



W. Rutledge, i88i. 



W. Rutledge, 1879. 



W. Rutledge, iSSo. 



W. Rutledge, 1875. 



No history. 



N. Wallich, A.S.B. 



Sir T. H. Maddock, 1842, 



A.S.B. 

 Genl. Fytche, 1861, A.S.B. 

 A.S.B. 



Batavian Soc, 1846, A.S.B. 

 W. W. Shepperd, 1867. 

 Zoological Gardens. 



