GREAT INDIAN RHINOCEROS 



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Maharaja of Kuch Behar's Specimens 



At one time this animal was found over the greater part of the 

 Indian peninsula, as attested by fossil remains, but now it is restricted 

 to Assam ; its place farther east in the Sanderbans, Chittagong, and 

 Burma being taken by the smaller R. sondaicus. 



Distribution. — Chiefly the Assam plain at the present day. 



