Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest, 1822 . Mammalogie, in Encycl. Meth., 2:399.

TYPE LOCALITY: Java (Indonesia) .

DISTRIBUTION: Formerly Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and probably S China through Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra and Java. Survives in Ujung Kulon (W Java) and in Vietnam; perhaps in small areas of Burma, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered.

SYNONYMS: annamiticus, floweri, inermis, javanicus, nasalis .

COMMENTS: Revised by Groves (1967c).