Rhinoceros unicornis Distribution.- The Terai and country between the Himalayas and the Ganges; from Rohilkund (Jerdon) in the west to Assam; it was formerly plentiful in the Purneah district, but now seems to be almost confined to the Doars to the east of the Teesta River.
Assam, south of the Brahmaputra
Rhinoceros sondaicus. The Sunderbunds and formerly the Rajmahal hills in Bengal.
Rhinoceros sondaicus . The Sunderbunds and formerly the Rajmahal hills in Bengal.
The Menagerie in the jardin des Plantes was fortunate in still having a male example of the Black African Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros bicornis), received about ten years ago.
Rhinoceros, Linnaeus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 104 (1766). Ceratorhinus, Gray P.Z.S., p. 1021 (1867). Type: R. sumatrensis.
