Sumatran Rhinoceros Facts
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Sumatran rhinoceros
Taxonomy Dicerorhinus sumatrensis [G. Fischer, 1814]. Citation: Zoognosia, 3:301. Type locality: Indonesia, Sumatra, Bencoolen (= Bintuhan) Dist., Fort Marlborough.
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Sumatran Rhinoceros Range
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Type: Mammal Diet: Herbivore Average life span in captivity: 35 to 40 years Size: Height, 48 to 58 in (1.2 to 1.5 m), Length, 8 to 10 ft (2.5 to 3.2 m) Weight: About 1, ...
Borneo Sumatran Rhinoceros
A small pocket of rhinos on a very big island
Common Name: Borneo Sumatran rhinoceros; Rhinocéros de Sumatra(Fr); Rinoceronte de Sumatra(Sp) ...
Animal Info - Sumatran Rhinoceros
(Other Names: Asian or Asiatic Two-horned Rhinoceros, Badak Kerban, Badak Sumbu, Hairy Rhinoceros, Rhinocéros de Sumatra, Rinoceronte de Sumatra)
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (Didermocerus or Rhinoceros s.) ...
Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis- This is the smallest and hairiest of the rhinos. Like the Javan rhino, it is critically endangered, with around 200 animals left in the world.
Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)
Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
Shorea (Shorea guiso)
Yaang daeng (Dipterocarpus turbinatus)
Sumatran orang-utan (Pongo abelii)
Hopea (Hopea hainanensis)
Dark red meranti (Shorea elliptica) ...
Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis).
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Priority Species
Rhinos ...
The Sumatran rhinoceros is able to swim across wide rivers with ease. It is extremely shy and difficult to observe.
Tribe one - Sumatran Rhinoceros: The critically endangered Sumatran Rhinoceros is the only surviving representative of the most primitive group, the Dicerorhinini, which emerged in the Miocene (abut 20 million years ago).
This group or genus is represented at the present day only by the Sumatran rhinoceros, Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus) sumatrensis, with its sub-species.
Dicerohinus the two or double-horned Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerohinus sumatrensis
Ceratotherium the white or square-lipped rhinoceros with two subspecies
C. simum simum the southern white rhinoceros
C.s. cottoni the northern white rhinoceros ...
The Primitive Rhino: The Sumatran rhinoceros is the smallest and most primitive of the five rhino species, and the closest living relative to the woolly rhinoceros, which went extinct around 10,000 years ago.
Largest Animals: Sumatran Rhinoceros, Elephant, Water Buffalo
Birds: Cockatoo, Black Eagle
Reptiles: Saltwater Crocodile, Burmese Python, Cobra (several species)
Primates: Orangutan, Gibbons, Macaque Monkeys, Langur Monkeys, Tarsiers ...
August 2008... A rare Sumatran rhinoceros, whose species is on the brink of extinction, has been rescued injured in the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo island... more ...
Black Rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis
White Rhinoceros, Ceratotherium simum
Indian Rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis
Javan Rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sondaicus
Sumatran Rhinoceros, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis ...
The horns are made of keratin, the same type of protein that makes up hair and fingernails. Both African species and the Sumatran rhinoceros have two horns, while the Indian and Javan rhinoceros have a single horn.
The Sumatran rhinoceros, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, also critically endangered, is the only rhinoceros with a hairy coat and the only Asian species with two horns.
 See also: Rhinoceros, Rhino, Javan rhinoceros, Indian Rhinoceros, Elephant
  
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