Javan Rhino Scientific namesThe following scientific names have been proposed for the species which is now called Javan rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sondaicus. The names are given in alphabetical order with information about author, type-specimen and type-locality and a list of combinations found in the literature.
Rhinoceros annamiticus Heude, 1892: 75, pl. XIXA figs. 1,3,4 (besides ‘R.javanus’).
Type-specimen: 3 teeth figured by Heude 1892 (cf. Groves & Guerin 1980. fig. 4).
Type-locality: 'Cochin-chine' ( Heude 1892).
Combinations used for this taxon:
Rhinoceros annamiticus
Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus
Rhinoceros camperii Jardine, 1836: 181. Attributed to de Blainville 1817.
Type-specimen and type-locality: not designated.
Rhinoceros camperis Griffith, [1826?] 1827: 290. Based on de Blainville 1817.
Type-specimen and type-locality: not designated.
Rhinoceros floweri Gray, 1868: 1015, figs. 3, 4.
Type-specimen: Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, no. 2934.
Type-locality: Sumatra (Flower 1876: 450).
Combinations used for this taxon:
Rhinoceros floweri
Rhinoceros sondaicus floweri
Rhinoceros frontalis von Martens, 1876: 257.
Lapsus for R. nasalis.
Rhinoceros inermis Lesson, 1838: 514.
Type-specimen: Hornless female and young collected by Lamare-Picquot, first deposited in the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Geoffroy et al.1831), in 1836 transferred to Berlin museum (Peters 1877). Skulls and skins of both specimens preserved in the Zoologisches Museum Berlin, no. An. 10603 ('Typus' and 'Paratypus') - cf. Groves 1971, fig. 11.
Type-locality: Bengal
Combinations used for this taxon:
Rhinoceros inermis
Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis
Rhinoceros javanicus Geoffroy-St. Hilaire & F.Cuvier. 1824: 2
Type-specimen: not designated.
Type-locality: Java.
Rhinoceros javanus Cuvier, 1829: 247.
Type-specimen: not designated.
Type-locality: Java.
Rhinoceros nasalis Gray, 1868: 1012. figs. 1, 2.
Type-specimen: British Museum (Natural History), nos. 723b (= 55.4.4.4) and
723c.
Type-locality: 'Borneo' (Gray 1868).
Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest, 1822: 399.
Type-specimen: young animal sent to the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris by Pierre Diard and Alfred Duvauccl in 1821 (Desmarcet 1822, Cuvier 1822: 24-27). Cuvier 1836b, pl. 55 figured the skeleton.
Type-locality: 'Sumatra' (Desmarest 1822: 399), changed in supplement to ‘Java’(Desmarest 1822: 547).
Combinations used for this taxon:
Ceratorhinus sondaicus
Rhinoceros sondaicus
Rhinoceros sondaicus sondaicus
Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros) sondaicus
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