Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (G. Fischer 1814)

[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).