You can help keep the remaining 67 Javan rhinos alive. The historical range of the Javan rhino is believed to have included. Their food source in Ujung Kulon National Park is being taken over by out-of-control the invasive Arenga palm, but WWF-Australia is currently working to change that.Ĭan you spot the difference between the different species of rhinoceros? The Javan rhino, Rhinoceros sondaicus, is also known as the lesser-one horned rhino.At shoulder height, it stands just 1.4 1.7 metres tall.
It is one of the smaller rhino species and is the lighter and smaller relative of the greater one-horned rhino. Its horn usually measures less than 25 cm in length, and is therefore smaller than that of other rhino species. The species is endangered, critically endangered in the IUCN Red List. Poaching ultimately wiped out the species in Vietnam. The Javan rhino is also known as the lesser one-horned rhino and is native to Asia. The Javan rhino is a very rare member of the Rhinoceros family and one of the five extant rhino species.
The cause of their population decline has mainly been caused by poaching due to excessive demand for rhino horn and medicine. Scrapes made by their feet in the ground and twisted saplings seem to be used for communication. Male Javan rhinos mark their territories with dung piles and by spraying urine. They’re the second largest animal in Indonesia after the Asian elephant. They’re solitary animals, except for mating pairs and mothers with young. They’re herbivorous, only eating plants. They live to around 30-45 years in the wild. They’re heavy animals, weighing up to 2.3 tonnes. All 67 Javan rhinos have names – one of them is called Rawing !. Once widespread throughout southeast Asia, they now only exist in Ujung Kulon National Park in southwest Java, Indonesia. The Javan rhinoceros is thought to be most closely related to the Indian rhinoceros, both of which only have one horn. There’s so little known about these rare species of rhinoceros, and sadly they’ve become critically endangered. The Javan rhinoceros (also known as the lesser one-horned rhinoceros and the Sunda rhinoceros) is a species of rhinoceros native to of Southeast Asia. 
There are only 67 Javan rhinos left on Earth.
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