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The Javan rhinoceros recolonized the peninsula after the event, but humans never returned in large numbers, thus creating a haven for wildlife. [31] In 1931, as the Javan rhinoceros was on the brink of extinction in Sumatra, the government of the Dutch East Indies declared the rhino a legally protected species, which it has remained ever since ...
The Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus) once roamed across many countries in Southeast Asia. Around 2,000 years ago, they were still common in many parts of China. Around 12,000 years ago, they ...
The horns have been a traded commodity for more than 2,000 years in China, where they are believed to have healing properties. Because the Vietnamese Javan rhinoceros's final range encompassed an area of human poverty, it is difficult to convince local people not to kill an animal that could be sold for an enormous sum of money. [5]
The genus contains two species, the Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) and the Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus). Although both members are threatened, the Javan rhinoceros is one of the most endangered large mammals in the world with only 60 individuals surviving in Java . The word 'rhinoceros' is of Greek origin meaning "nose-horn".
Javan rhinoceros: Rhinoceros sondaicus: 68: CR [1] [1] Maximum Estimate. It is only found in Ujung Kulon national park in the islands of Java, Indonesia. Sumatran rhinoceros: Dicerorhinus sumatrensis: 34–47: CR [2] [2] Maximum estimate. [2] Przewalski's horse: Equus ferus przewalskii: 178 [3] EN [3] [3] Wild numbers only. Previously extinct ...
The forests have degraded by conversion of the low areas to agriculture, and by logging. National parks protect some of the last remaining untouched rain forest. A number of endangered mammals are found in the ecoregion, including the Javan rhinoceros, the silvery gibbon, and the Javan surili. [2] [3] [1] [4]
Description: A modern and historical range map of the Javan Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus): Date: 13 October 2007: Source: Self-made, information from: Foose, Thomas J. and van Strien, Nico (1997), Asian Rhinos – Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan., IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, and Cambridge, UK, ISBN 2-8317-0336-0
Northern Sumatran rhinoceros, (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis) locally extinct; Javan rhinoceros, (Rhinoceros sondaicus) locally extinct Lesser Javan rhinoceros, (Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis) EX; Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) Linnaeus, 1758