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February 11, 2012
Species Gallery

Rhino Range:
The Javan rhino is known to reside in only two Southeast Asian national parks, one in Indonesia and the other in Vietnam. The total Javan rhino population is less than 100.

Javan Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros sondaicus

With less than 60 believed to exist in the entire world, Javan rhinoceroses are some of the rarest creatures on Earth. While at one time they were found throughout Southeast Asia – from Burma to Sumatra — they now exist in only two pockets: Ujung Kulon National Park on the island of Java, which is home to about 40 to 50, and Cat Loc Nature Reserve in Vietnam, which has about five to eight.

They can grow slightly larger than the Sumatran species – up to 5 and a half feet tall &151 and can weigh up to 3,000 pounds.

They are gray and share the armored-plate look of the greater one-horned rhino, which is also known as the Indian rhino. Socially, they are solitary except when mating. Females mature sexually around 3 years of age and males at the age of 6. They reproduce less frequently than other rhinos, giving birth every four years, and live to be about 40 years of age.

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