in captivity in lower bengal. 131 



Length of life in captivity, 

 An adult female, which lived in this garden from 1878 to May 

 1880, had, previous to its arrival here, been living for upwards of forty- 

 five years in a private menagerie. 



(165) THE SONDAIO EHINOCEROS. 

 (RHINOCEROS SONDAICTJS—Desm.) 



The folds of the neck unite to form a distinct saddlelike plate on 

 the nape ; the upper lip is produced into a flexible point, which is semi- 

 prehensile, as is best noticed when the animal is in the act of seizing 

 a leaf or a twig ; ridge of the skull somewhat elevated between the ears, 

 which are placed further apart than in the preceding species. Antero- 

 posteriorly, the head is longer than in E. unicornis. The hide is 

 characteristic, and cannot be mistaken for that of any other species ; 

 this peculiarity is due to the shape, size, and distribution of the tuber- 

 cles. Except on the back, they are distributed all over the body, and 

 are set closely together, the interspaces between them forming a net- 

 work of narrow channels. There are no tubercles on the back, but 

 the skin is irregularly cracked. 



Observations. — Some difference of opinion exists as to the relative 

 size of this and the preceding species. As far as they have been 

 observed here, the E. unicornis appears to be the larger animal of the 

 two ; a female of the E. unicornis, about eight years old, has been 

 found to be larger than a female of E. sondaicus of more than seven- 

 teen years of age. 



Hab. — Sunderbuns, Assam, Burmah, extending through the 

 Malayan peninsula to Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 An adult female has been living in the garden since 1887; this 

 animal also lived for about ten years in the menagerie of the late King 

 of Oudh. 



(166) THE HAIEY-EAEED EHINOCEROS. 

 (RHINOCEROS LASIOTIS— Sclater.) 



Horns two ; the anterior one, which is the larger, is placed on the 

 nostril ; the posterior is placed between the eyes, about 3 inches 

 apart from the former : it is small and conical in for.m Ears thickly 

 fringed with long drooping hair, which is the most characteristic feature 

 of this species ; the upper lip is produced to a blunt point ; the skin 

 smooth and without tubercles, of a brownish grey colour ; the groin 

 and creases formed by the folds are flesh-coloured; lower parts of 

 the sides of the body thinly covered with brownish hairs, which are 

 abundant and woolly in young individuals; height at the shoulder 

 4 feet 6 inches. 



Hab. — Chittagong and Tipperah Hills, Assam, and Burmah. Only 

 a single specimen (the third specimen living in captivity) has as yet 

 been obtained from the latter country. 



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