Sumatran Rhinoceros Now Extinct in Malaysia
The Wildlife Department in eastern Sabah state on Borneo Island, Malaysia announced that the Sumatran rhino, named Iman, died of natural causes on 23rd November due to shock in her system. She had uterine tumors since her capture in March 2014.
Sumatran Rhinos
- Sumatran rhinos are the smallest of the five living species of rhinoceroses which have two horns.
- There are now only an estimated 80 Sumatran rhinos left in the world, mostly living in the wild in Sumatra and Borneo in Indonesia.
- It is a Critically Endangered species under IUCN Red List.
- The animals’ population has decreased dramatically as a ....
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