Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (Fischer, 1814) . Zoognosia, 3:301.
TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Sumatra, Bencoolen (= Bintuhan) Dist., Fort Marlborough .
DISTRIBUTION: Formerly Assam (India), Chittagong Hills (Bangladesh), Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam south through Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra; probably also S China, Laos, and Cambodia; Borneo, and Mergui Isl. Survives in Tenasserim Range (Thailand-Burma), Petchabun Range (Thailand), and other scattered localities in Burma, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo.
STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered.
SYNONYMS: blythii, harrissoni, lasiotis, niger .
COMMENTS: Reviewed by Groves and Kurt (1972, Mammalian Species, 21). Revised by Groves (1967c).