javan rhino

  1. Javan Rhino

    Javan Rhino

    Male Javan Rhino in Planet Zoo.
  2. Sarus Crane

    Javan Rhino Bicentennial 2022

    Happy World Rhino Day!!!!! This year marks the bicentennial of the Javan Rhino. First described by Anselme Desmarest in 1822 from a specimen originating from Java sent to France's National Museum of Natural History by Alfred Duvaucel and Pierre Medard Diard this species was once the most...
  3. Onychorhynchus coronatus

    Good news for the Javan rhino

    Very good news, two Javan rhino calves have been spotted in Ujung Kulon National Park: Two new Javan rhino calves spotted in the species’ last holdout This apparently brings the total known population of the species to 73 individuals.
  4. Onychorhynchus coronatus

    Which rhino species should be prioritized in conservation ? (poll)

    The crisis facing rhinos worldwide is often in the forefront of environmental news and global conservation efforts at the moment. Three of the five extant species of rhino are critically endangered and the Northern white rhino subspecies stands on the precipice of extinction. However, if we...
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    Rhinos in zoos - horn length and shape

    I think it was discussed before, but recently I was impressed again by horns of some wild rhinos. Not only much longer than in zoos, but also different shape - narrow and pointed. Zoo rhinos have more like thick stumps...
  6. animalszoos

    What will happen to the Javan Rhino?

    What will happen to the Javan Rhino? Will it go extinct? Will they set up a Javan rhino breeding centre? Will they capture all Javan rhinos and place them in captivity? Which zoos could potentially keep them? Will they reintroduce rhinos to other are? Where?
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    Javan Rhino now extinct in Vietnam

    BBC News - Javan rhino 'now extinct in Vietnam' :(
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