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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
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Map of where they live |
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