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Javan Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus

CR — Critically Endangered

Description

One of the rarest large mammals on Earth, existing in a single population. Has a single horn and armor-like skin folds.

CategoryMammal

Size2.0–4.0 m

Population~76

HabitatTropical lowland rainforest

Range

Ujung Kulon NP, Java, Indonesia

Threats

Very small populationVolcanic eruption riskDiseasePoaching

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Javan rhinos are so shy and elusive that they were only photographed in the wild for the first time by camera traps in the late 1990s!

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