Exotic Animal Newsflash:
Remote infra-red wildlife camera traps caught footage of the world’s most rare rhinoceros in the Ujung Kulon National Park in the jungles of Java Island in Indonesia.
The first of any footage collected in 5 years of the Javan rhinoceros, a mother and her calf were caught unawares by this “eye in the jungle”, but the mother did not like the looks of the camera and charged it, and head-butted the camera, knocking it down causing any more footage to disappear.
However, the camera was retrieved with the great night-time footage that ensued prior to the “TKO”, which will be used by researchers to delve into the secret lives of these rhino, of which there is not much information, especially about breeding habits, and rearing of young.
Check out the video here:
The estimates of population of the Javan rhinoceros in the wild comes back around 60 animals. Approximately 50 are thought to inhabit this national park. None are kept in captivity at the present time.
It has been suggested that they will remove some animals from this breeding population periodically, in case some kind of catastrophe sets in in that area, lest we lose this species forever.
Known for it’s small stature, single horn and loosely folded skin, it has been predicted by WWF that this is the world’s most endangered large mammal on the planet.
To read more on this story, go to: Cameras catch glimpse of world’s rarest rhino: WWF
Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Rhinoceros
Species: R. sondaicus
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Photo above: European hunter with dead Javan rhinoceros in 1895
Conservation Status:
As mentioned earlier, it is critically endangered, and may very well be the most endangered large mammal on the planet.
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