Old male shot at Tasikmalaja, Java in 1934. The skull measurements of this old male (1) are compared to those (2) of an incomplete skeleton of a old male from Ujung Kulon, and (3) with an old skull from java, exact locality unknown, all present in the Buitenzorg Zoological Museum. All measures in mm.
Measurement of skull,-1,-2,-3
Length from the tip of snout to occiput,612,,634
Largest zugomatic bradth,336,,357
Height of lower jaw from the joint to the lower corner of the lower jaw,214,222,235
Breadth of first neck vertebra (atlas),386,373,
Depth of first neck vertebra,80,79,
Length of second (longest) neck vertebra,365,380,
Breadth of second nect vertebra,155,166,
Breadth of thorn-shaped protuberance of 2nd neck vertebra,55,50,
Breadth of the pelvis, in front,730,740,
Breadth of the pelvis, behind,314,304,
Greatest breadth of the pelvis,524,527,
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Rhinoceros sondaicus in West-Java
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