Sclater, W.L., 1891. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Calcutta, Indian Museum, vol. 2, pp. i-xxix, 1-375
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Coll. Mus Calcutta. The skulls of the two-horned Rhinoceros in the Museum do not show any very appreciable variation with the exception of two formerly in the collection of the Asiatic Society ; these two skulls, however, have no recorded history and it is, therefore, impossible to say whence they came. One of these skulls is remarkable for being much broader than all the others; the other, which, although narrower than the first. is still broader than all the others, is more remarkable still for the extreme length of the tooth row. As these are the differences specially pointed out by Prof. Flower (P.Z. S.,1878, p.634) between the Tipperah skull which was supposed to have belonged to an example R. lasiotis and the typical Sumatran skulls, it seems probable that these two skulls may also be referable to R. lasiotis.
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