JAVAN RHINOCEROS

                             JAVAN RHINOCEROS 

Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) is the most endangered rhino species with barely 40 individuals in the wild.

Javan rhino in the past inhabited almost the whole of Indochina and the islands of Sumatra and Java. The living area Javan rhino has been declining for 1,000 years, but accelerated in the last 100 Javan rhinos now live only in the west Java in Ujung Kulon National Park, the last unit of the Vietnamese Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus) died in 2010.

The most important feature of the Javan rhino is just one horn, the smallest of all rhino species. It reaches a length of barely 20 centimeters. Body length Javan rhino ranges from 2 to 4 meters and a height of 1.4 to 1.7 meters. Vietnamese subspecies is, on average, less than Java. Adults weight from 900 to 2300 kg. Javan rhinos have a good hearing and smell, like all other rhino, but has very poor vision. The average life expectancy Javan rhino is 35 years

The natural habitat of the Javan rhino rain forests and mangrove forests. Javan rhinos are single and have their own territory, which amount to 12-20 km² for males and 3-14 km² for females. Territory denote urine and feces. Due to deforestation and habitat destruction, rhinos difficult to find enough territory.

Javan rhino is mainly nocturnal animal, when it feeds on plants. An adult day can eat up to 50 kg of food. Of vital importance for the Javanese rhinos is their salt intake, which is difficult in their present habitat. Due to the lack of land-based sources of salt rhinos in Ujung Kulon National Park seen drinking sea water, which is otherwise unnatural behavior.

Females Javan rhinos are pregnant to 16 months, and the elevation of only one child, who remains with the mother to 2 years.