Rhinoceros sondaicus - #3632
Lesser One-horned Rhinoceros
Ventral and dorsal views of the skull of Natural History Museum [London] specimen 1876.3.30.1) collected in the Sunderbunds, West Bengal, India, in 1876. Part of figure 4 in Mammalian Species Account 887. Also as Javan Rhinoceros.
Geographic Distribution
Formerly Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and probably S China through peninsular Malaya to Sumatra and Java. Survives in Ujung Kulon (W Java) and in Vietnam; perhaps in small areas of Burma, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
Order/Family
Rhinocerotidae
Genus
Rhinoceros
Specific Epithet
sondaicus
Image Location
UK, England, London, Natural History Museum
Photographer
Contributed by DM Leslie