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ONE HORNED SUMATRAN 
RHINOCEROS. 
Rhinoceros Sondaicus. — Cuvier. 
PLATE X. ' 
Rhinoceros Sondaicus, Cuv. — Horsfield’s Zool. Re- 
searches in Java. 
The chief distinctions are seen in the more 
attenuated head and muzzle. The folds appear 
less rough and prominent ; those of the neck 
comparatively smaller ; and the posterior fold, 
which has an oblique direction towards the spine, 
is less extended. The thick covering, or coat, is 
divided on the surface into small tubercles, or 
polygonous scutula ; and a few short bristly hairs, 
rising from a slight depression in the centre, con- 
stitute a peculiar character. The ears are bordered 
with a series of long stiff bristles, closely arranged, 
and a similar series also extends along the tail 
through its whole length. Dr Horsfield gives 
the following description of its habits. 
“ The individual represented in our plate, and 
which has afforded the preceding details, was 
