Sumatran Rhino
The Sumatran Rhino is more related to the extinct Woolly Rhino than any Rhino alive today. Only two females in captivity had babies in the last 15 years!
Description
Sumatran rhinos are the smallest of the rhinoceroses that is alive today. It is also the only asian rhinoceros with two horns. They weight up to 1,320 -2,090 pounds!
Threats and Former Habitat
The Sumatran Rhino is Critically Endangered. There are only 100 left! Sumatran rhino is definitely one of the most endangered large mammal in the world. They once lived in the the Eastern Himalayas in Bhutan and eastern India, through Myanmar, Thailand, possibly to Vietnam and China, and south through the Malay Peninsula.They have been poached for their beautiful horn. The horn doesn't have any medical properties. But Vietnamese believe that their horn cures cancer.
Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park is believed to have one of the largest populations of Sumatran rhinos, but it is losing rainforest as they are being chopped down for coffee, rice and palm oil plantations.
Some other threats are inbreeding, diseases and natural disasters.
Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park is believed to have one of the largest populations of Sumatran rhinos, but it is losing rainforest as they are being chopped down for coffee, rice and palm oil plantations.
Some other threats are inbreeding, diseases and natural disasters.
Conservation
WWF sets up protected areas for this species and anti poaching patrols. They have may have protected more then 7,722 square miles of forest!
How You Can Help
- Don't buy any rhino or animal products
- Have a Palm Oil free diet
- Spread The Message.
- Adopt a Sumatran Rhino.
Image Credits
www.worldwildlife.org