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.
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.
On 7 March 1874, the Council had purchased of Messrs. Cross and Jamrach, for 850 pounds, a young male Javan Rhinoceros imported from Batavia [Java].
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.
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.
On 7 March 1874, the Council had purchased of Messrs. Cross and Jamrach, for ?850, a young male Javan Rhinoceros imported from Batavia [Java].
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.
R. sondaicus received in London on 7 March 1874. This was believed to be the first example of this rhinoceros that had ever been brought alive to Europe, although Mr. Blyth (JASB p.152) had put forward atheory that one of the Indian Rhinoceroses exhibited in England some time since had belonged to this species.
The specific term sondaicus of Desmarest (Mamm. P.399, 1820) appears to be the earliest for this species. In 1824 javanicus was published by Geoffroy St.Hilaire and Frederick Cuvier in the Hist.Nat. des Mamm. Pl. 309, and was subsequently adopted by Cuvier in his Regne Animal, by Schreber, and by other authors.
