Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis Lesson, 1838:514

Indian Javan rhinoceros

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Rhinoceros inermis Lesson, 1838:514

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: before 1925

Distribution

Northeastern India, Bangladesh and Myanmar

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Lesson, R. P. (1838). Complément de Buffon. Deuxieme edition. Races humaines et mammifères. P. Pourrat Frères, Éditeus, Paris, France.

Other references:

Groves, Colin P. and Leslie Jr., David M. (2011). Rhinoceros sondaicus (Perissodactyla: Rhinocerotidae). Mammalian Species 43(887): 190-208.

Joslin, Paul and Maryanka, Daphne. (1968). Endangered Mammals of the World: Report on Status and Action Treatment. IUCN Publications, New Series, Supplementary Paper No. 13: 34 pp. [relevant reference?]

Loch, C. W. (1937). Rhinoceros sondaicus. The Javan or lesser one-horned rhinoceros and its geographical distribution. J. Malay. Brch. R. Asiat. Soc. IS 1937: 130-149.

Margaryan, Ashot et al. (2020). Recent mitochondrial lineage extinction in the critically endangered Javan rhinoceros. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa004

Rookmaaker, Kees. (1997). Records of the Sundarbans Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis) in India and Bangladesh. Pachyderm, No. 24, Jul-Dec 1997.

Rookmaaker, Kees. (2019). The hornless rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis Lesson, 1836) discovered by Lamare-Picquot in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh in 1828, with notes on the history of his Asian collections. Mammalia. https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2018-0200

Talukdar, N.R., Choudhury, P., Barbhuiya, R. A., Ahmad, F., Daolagupu, D. and Baishya, J. B. (2021). Mammals of northeastern India: an updated checklist. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(4): 18059-18098. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6010.13.4.18059-18098

van Strien, N.J., Steinmetz, R., Manullang, B., Sectionov, Han, K.H., Isnan, W., Rookmaaker, K., Sumardja, E., Khan, M.K.M. & Ellis, S. (2008). Rhinoceros sondaicus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 12 June 2012.

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