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Rhinoceros_sumatranus
Rhinoceros sumatranus
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- (archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Rhinocerotidae – the two-horned Sumatran rhinoceros, now known as Dicerorhinus sumatrensis.
- 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:
- The country of the Burmese, abounding in forests, affords extensive shelter to wild animals. The elephant and the rhinoceros—both the one-horned (R. indicus) and the two-horned (R. sumatranus)—are found in the deep forests of the country.
- 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552: