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Sclater, P.L., 1874. Announcement of the arrival in the Society's menagerie of a Javan rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1874 March 17: 182-183, pl. 2
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The lateral shoulder-fold in R.sondaicus is continued upwards over the back of the neck, so as to cut off an independent shield which covers the nape of the neck and is shaped something like a saddle. In R.unicornis this nape-shield is continuous with the larger shield which covers the shoulders, the lateral shoulder-fold being lost on the upper part of the scapula. R. sondaicus is also much inferior in size to R. unicornis, and has a much longer extensile upper lip.
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