Rhino Recovery
The critically endangered Sumatran rhino lives in four isolated regions of steep, dense forest. Sightings are so rare, population estimates are largely based on camera trap images. Isolation is now the biggest threat to Sumatran rhinos.
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Sumatran rhino
(Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)
Height: Up to 1.5 meters (5 feet)
Weight: Up to 900 kilograms (2,000 pounds)
Danum Valley Conservation Area
Royal Belum State Park
Kerinci Seblat National Park Last record of wild rhino: 2004
Taman Negera National Park
indonesia
Thailand
In 2015, rhinos were declared extinct in the wild in Malaysia.
Borneo
(Kalimantan)
malaysia
Malaysia
SUMATRA
Wild rhino population
Last observed wild rhino location
Park or reserve
Leuser Ecosystem
Fewer than 50 rhinos in 6 subpopulations
Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park
Fewer than 5 rhinos in 2 subpopulations
Way Kambas National Park
Fewer than 20 rhinos in 2 subpopulations
Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary
7 rhinos in captivity (3 males, 4 females)
Indonesian Borneo
Fewer than 10 rhinos
Pahu lives here now.
Tabin Wildlife Reserve
1 rhino in captivity (1 female) unable to reproduce
Sumatra
Fewer than 75 rhinos in 10 subpopulations
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asia
aus.
INDONESIA
PACIFIC OCEAN
INDIAN OCEAN
