Dicerorhinus sumatrensis - #3799
Sumatran Rhinoceros
Lateral view of skull of adult. Also as Asiatic Two-horned Rhinoceros|Hairy Rhinoceros.
Geographic Distribution
Formerly Bangladesh (Chittagong Hills), Borneo, Burma, India (Assam), Laos, Malaysia (peninsular Malaya), Mergui Isl, Sumatra, Thailand, and Vietnam; probably also S China, and Cambodia. Survives in Tenasserim Range (Thailand-Burma), Petchabun Range (Thailand), and other scattered localities in Burma, peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, and Borneo.
Order/Family
Rhinocerotidae
Genus
Dicerorhinus
Specific Epithet
sumatrensis
Image Date
6 June 2014
Photographer
DG Huckaby