Rhino Recovery
Sumatran rhinos live in four isolated regions of steep, dense forest. Sightings are rare. Isolation is now the biggest threat to this endangered animal.
Sumatran rhino
(Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)
Height: Up to 1.5 meters (5 feet)
Weight: Up to 900 kilograms (2,000 pounds)
historic range
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Danum Valley
Conservation Area
Royal Belum
State Park
Kerinci Seblat N. P. Last record of wild rhino: 2004
Taman Negera N.P.
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
My team works hard to collect plastic trash froIt’s hard to say which has the upper hand.
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
historic range
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asia
australia
INDONESIA
PACIFIC
OCEAN
INDIAN
OCEAN
