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| Lesser Indian rhinoceros | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | Rhinoceros |
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| Subspecies: | †R. s. inermis
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| Trinomial name | |
| †Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis Lesson, 1838
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• Rhinoceros inermis Lesson | |
The lesser Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis), also known as the Indian Javan rhinoceros, or the hornless rhinoceros, is an extinct subspecies of the Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) that was native to northeastern India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. Its common name was based of off the Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), being the Greater Indian rhinoceros or Great Indian rhinoceros.[1][2][3]
- ^ "Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis Lesson 1838 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ^ Holmes, Branden. "Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis - The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database". recentlyextinctspecies.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ^ Rookmaaker, Kees (2020-01-01). "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. 84 (1): 74–89. doi:10.1515/mammalia-2018-0200. ISSN 1864-1547.