Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (G. Fischer 1814)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Perissodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 629-636 : 635

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scientific name	Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (G. Fischer 1814)
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[Rhinoceros] sumatrensis G. Fischer 1814 , Zoognosia, Vol. 3: 301.

Type Locality: " Sumatra ", now known to be Indonesia, Sumatra, Bencoolen (= Bintuhan) Dist., Fort Marlborough ( Groves, 1967c).

Vernacular Names: Sumatran Rhinoceros.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Dicerorhinus sumatrensis subsp. sumatrensis G. Fischer 1814

Subspecies Dicerorhinus sumatrensis subsp. harrissoni Groves 1965

Subspecies Dicerorhinus sumatrensis subsp. lasiotis Buckland 1872

Distribution: Formerly Bangladesh ( Chittagong Hills), Borneo, Burma, India (Assam), Laos, Malaysia (peninsular Malaya), Mergui Isl, Sumatra, Thailand, and Vietnam; probably also S China, and Cambodia. Survives in Tenasserim Range (Thailand-Burma), Petchabun Range ( Thailand), and other scattered localities in Burma, peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, and Borneo.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Extinct as D. s. lasiotis, Critically Endangered as D. s. harrisoni and D. s. sumatrensis .

Discussion: Reviewed by Groves and Kurt (1972, Mammalian Species, 21). Revised by Groves (1967 c).