A Javanese Rhinoceros Recorded from the Upper Siwaliks of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
Abstract
A mammalian fragmentary colIection comprising a right upper third premolar,
a fragment of the occipital region and a thoracic vertebra, made from the Pinjor
Zone of the Upper Siwaliks of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, is here referred as
Rhinoceros kendengindicus Dubois. This species was discovered by Dubois in
1908 from Java but was hitherto unrecordedfrom the Siwalik hills.
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