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Reference Base  The mammals of the Indomalayan region: a systematic review |
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The mammals of the Indomalayan region: a systematic review |
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Corbet, G.B.; Hill, J.E. |
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1992 |
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Oxford, Oxford University Press |
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pp. i-vi, 1-488 |
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Javan Rhino
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| R. sondaicus Desmarest, 1822: 399; Sumatra (Sody, 1946); usually given as Java.
R. javanicus Geofrroy & Cuvier, 1824: liv. 445; Java.
R. javanus Cuvier, G., 1829: 247; Java
R.inermis Lesson, 1838: 514; 'Les Sundries', i. e. Sunderbunds, Bangladesh/W Bengal.
R. nasalis Gray, 1868e: 1015; 'Born... |
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All Rhino Species
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| Family Rhinocerotidae, Rhinoceroses
Rhinocerotidae Gray 1821: 306, type genus Rhinoceros L.
Afrotropical and Indomalayan Regions; 4 genera of which 2, with 3 species, are Indomalayan
The following nominal fossil species and subspecies have been described from the region:
R. sivalensis Fa... |
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Asian Rhino Species
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| The following nominal fossil species and subspecies have been described from the region:
R. sivalensis Falconer & Cautley, 1847:pl. 73; Upper Siwaliks.
R. platyrhinus Falconer & Cautley, 1847:pls 72, 75; Upper Siwaliks (in Coelodonta: Badam, 1979).
R. palaeindicus Falconer & Cautley, 1847:... |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Indomalayan region. Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Sumatran rhinoceros, Asian two-horned rhinoceros
Rhinoceros sumatrensis Fischer, 1814: 301; Bencoolen dist, S Sumatra. Conserved by Opinion 1080 (1977).
R.crossi Gray, 1854b: 251; locality unknown.
R. lasiotis Buckland, 1872: 89; Chittagong, ... |
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| Indomalayan region
Table 162. The species of Rhinoceros and Dicerorhinus (Rhinocerotidae).
R.unicornis R.sondaicus D.sumatrensis
Range Nepal-Assam Java - Vietnam Burma-Borneo
Shoulder height (m) 1.6-1.8 1.4-... |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| Dicerorhinus Gloger, 1841: 125; type species R. sumatrensis Cuvier = R. sumatrensis Fischer. Conserved by Opinion 1080 (1977).
= Didermocerus Brookes, 1828: 75. Rejected by Opinion 1080 (1977).
= Ceratorhinus Gray, 1868a: 1021.
One species. A primitive genus, more closely related to Rhinoce... |
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Sumatran Rhino
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| The following fossil species has been described from the edge of the region:
D. lantianensis Hu & Qi, 1978: 38; Lantian, Shaanxi, China; Pleistocene. |
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Indian Rhino
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| Rhinoceros unicornis
R. unicornis Linnaeus, 1758: 56; ? Assam.
R. indicus Cuvier, G., 1817: 239; India.
R. asiaticus Blumenbach, 1830: 107.
R. stenocephalus Gray, 1868e: 1018.
[R. jamrachii Sclater, 1876: 650; ? Manipur (Rookmaaker, 1977a). Invalid.] |
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| Indomalayan Region; 2 species (Table 162). Unique amongst living rhinos in having only one horn but also characterized by prominent skin folds, enlarged lower canines and sloping occiput. |
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All Rhino Species
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| Indomalayan region. RHINOCEROS Asian one-horned rhinoceroses
Rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758: 56; type species R. unicornis L.
Naricornis Frisch, 1775. Rejected by Opinion 258 (1954).
Eurhinoceros Gray, 1868e: 1009 (R. javanicus Cuvier, in R. sondaicus).
Monocerorhinus W?st, 1922: 654 (R. sond... |
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