Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
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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 Malay Peninsula to Sumatra; probably also S. China, Laos, and Cambodia (Kampuchea); Borneo; Mergui Isl. Survives in Tenasserim Range (Thailand-Burma), Petchabun Range (Thailand); and other scattered localities in Burma, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo.
COMMENT: Reviewed by Groves and Kurt, 1972, Mamm. Species, 21:1-6. Revised by Groves, 1967, Saugetierk. Mitt., 15: 221-237.
PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as Rhinocerotidae and U.S. ESA - Endangered as Dicerorhinus (= Didermocerus) sumatrensis.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301418003003001001 as Didermocerus sumatrensis.
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353013 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/7718FFAAB737F346FFFE015EDC5DFFBD (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Fischer
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Perissodactyla
- Family
- Rhinocerotidae
- Genus
- Dicerorhinus
- Species
- sumatrensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (Fischer, 1814) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982
References
- Groves, C. P., and F. Kurt. 1972. Dicerorhinus sumatrensis. Mammalian Species, 2 l: 1 - 6.