Wednesday, March 13, 2013

javan rhino
The Javan rhinoceros is the most endangered of the world’s five rhinoceros species, with an estimated 40-60  remaining on the western tip of the Island of Java in Ujung Kulon National Park. The last member of another tiny population in Vietnam’s Cat Tien National Park was killed by poachers in 2011. The water- and swamp-loving Javan rhinoceros formerly ranged throughout Southeast Asia and Indonesia, but has been hunted to near extinction for its horn, which is used to make medicines. Although it is now protected, it may not have a large-enough breeding population to prevent the species from going extinct.

http://www.allaboutwildlife.com/javan-rhinoceros
Map of where they live

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