Which Rhinoceros Is Endangered?

The Sumatran rhino

is the most threatened of all rhino species, with fewer than 80 surviving in fragmented sub-populations across Indonesia on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. While there are fewer Javan rhino

Javan rhino

Javan rhinos are the most threatened of the five rhino species, with only around 60 individuals that live only in Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia.

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individuals, the remaining Javan rhino all live in one site and are a healthy breeding population.

Why are rhino's going extinct?

This situation has exacerbated threats such as trade in rhino horn and increased poaching due to poverty. Today, black rhinos remain critically endangered because of rising demand for rhino horn, from some Asian consumers, particularly in Vietnam and China, who use them in folk remedies.

Is Sumatran rhino extinct?

The researchers sequenced the genomes of seven rhinos from Borneo, eight from Sumatra and six from the Malay Peninsula population that has been considered extinct since 2015. The Sumatran rhinoceros is the smallest of the world's five rhinoceros species, at around 700 to 800kg.