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Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus)
Subject: Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus)
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Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus)


Postcard showing a Javan Rhino, probably in India.
Date circa 1900
Source http://books.google.dk/books?id=vDijgNs_7Q0C&pg=PA125&dq=javan+rhino+london+zoo+1874&hl=da&ei=e3yqTpupMsOB4gS7ttTbDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=true
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Javan_Rhino_1900.jpg

The Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), also known as the Sunda rhinoceros or lesser one-horned rhinoceros, is a very rare member of the family Rhinocerotidae and one of five extant rhinoceroses. Once the most widespread of Asian rhinoceroses, the Javan rhinoceros ranged from the islands of Java and Sumatra, throughout Southeast Asia, and into India and China.
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Rhinoceros
Species: Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest, 1822

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Scientific Name: Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest, 1822
Common Names: Javan Rhinoceros, lesser one-horned rhinoceros, Rhinocéros de la Sonde [French], Rinoceronte de Java [Spanish]

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