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SUMATRAN RHINOCEROS (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)

The Sumatran rhinoceros is the smallest and hairiest of the world's living rhinoceroses. It is also one of the most critically endangered. As the name suggests, these animals occur in Sumatra and also Borneo, although they once roamed throughout Southeast Asia. Because of poaching and destruction of its rainforest habitat, Sumatran rhinoceros numbers have been in steady decline in recent decades and there may be fewer than 300 hundred individuals left in the wild.

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IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
USFWS Status: Endangered
Major Threat: Poaching and habitat destruction
Habitat: Lowland secondary rainforest, swamps and moss forests
Location: Sumatra and Borneo
Diet: Young saplings, leaves and other vegetation

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