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27457. The distal extremity of the left femur. 



29644. The left pateUa. 



27458. The left tibia. 

 21875. The left calcaneum. 



29645. The right astragalus. 



21874. A smaller left astragalus, probably associated with Xo. 21875. 



29646. The right third metatarsal. 



C. Rhinocerotine Group. 



There is but one nasal horn, and cutting-teeth are present in 

 both jaws ; a buttress may or may not be present in the upper true 

 molars. There are three digits in the manus. 



3iif)tnocero£ Sotv&auuS, Cuvier \ 



Syn. Rhinoceros javanicus,F. Cuvier 2 . 



Dentition : — I. j, C. p Pm. |, M. ^. The upper true molars very 

 closely resemble those of R. sumatrensis ; but the " posterior valley " 

 is relatively shallower, and the length of the anterior usually 

 exceeds that of the external surface. The buttress is strongly 

 developed, and there is no " combing-plate." 



Hob. bengal, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, and 

 Borneo. It has been recorded from Pleistocene or Prehistoric 

 deposits in the latter island by Busk in the Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, 

 p. 409 3 . 



M. 1968. Two first or second upper true molars of opposite sides 

 and three lower cheek-teeth, provisionally referred to this 

 species ; from a depth of sixty feet in a cavern deposit at 

 Sarawak, Borneo. The upper teeth present all the cha- 

 racters of those of R. sondaicus. 



Presented by P. L. Sclater, Esq., 1884. 



M. 1969-70. Several bones (comprising part of a scapula, radius, 

 the complete left third metatarsal, a broken lateral mcta- 

 podial, and two fragments of a cervical vertebra) associated 

 with the preceding specimens. 



Presented by P. L. Mater, Esq., 1884. 



1 In Desmarest's ' Mammalogie,' p. 399 (1822). 



2 Hist. Nat. des Mammiferes, vol. iii. liv. 45, p. 2 (1824). 



3 See Flower, Cat. Vert. Anira. Mus. Roy. Coll. Surg. pt. ii. Mammalia, 

 p. 420, no. 2140 (1884). 



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