Redetermination of the skeleton of the Asian rhinoceros in the Zoological Museum of the University Federico II, Naples (Italy)

  • Roberta Improta Zoological Museum Natural and Physical Sciences Museum Center, University of Naples Federico II, Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5212-0587
  • Tommaso De Francesco Italian Society for the History of Fauna Giuseppe Altobello, Baranello (CB), Italy.
Parole chiave: Mammals, Javan rhinoceros, Paolo Panceri, Zoological Museum of Naples

Abstract

An Asian rhinoceros skeleton is preserved in the Zoological Museum of the University Federico II of Naples (Italy). The study of the diagnostic characters of the skull has allowed to identify it as Javan rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest, 1822. This specimen is one of the only two skeletons of Javan rhinoceros housed in Italian museums of natural history. This study also provides further morphometric data of the skull.

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2022-02-28
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ImprotaR., & De FrancescoT. (2022). Redetermination of the skeleton of the Asian rhinoceros in the Zoological Museum of the University Federico II, Naples (Italy). BORNH Bulletin of Regional Natural History, 2(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.6093/2724-4393/9027
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