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Scientists Reclassify Javan Rhinoceros, Giving It a New Scientific Name
A team of researchers has officially reclassified the Javan rhinoceros, one of the world’s rarest and most elusive large ...
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Every Rhino Fact You Want to Know
How Many Horns Does a Rhino Have? Javan and Indian rhinoceros have only one horn. This is why the latter is also called the greater one-horn rhino. The other three species of rhinos, including the ...
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Asian rhinos
Today, there are just 63 Javan rhinos left in the wild. The greatest threat to Asian rhino populations is poaching. For centuries, powdered horn has been used in traditional Asian medicine in the ...
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Rare Javan rhino found dead in Vietnam
It is now uncertain how many, if any, Javan rhinos are left in Vietnam, WWF said. The rhino is suspected to have been killed by poachers after a scientific examination by WWF and national park ...
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Case studies illustrate how close some species are to going extinct
International trade in rhino horn has been banned since 1977 but ... four subspecies (Bali, Caspian, Javan and South China) have disappeared from the wild in the last century.
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Indonesia hands lengthy sentences to Javan rhino poachers
The horn is ground down to be used in traditional ... while the others were considering appeals. In September a new Javan rhino calf was spotted at the national park -- the third in a year ...
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On World Rhino Day, here’s a look at five endangered species of Rhino
For years, poachers have hunted them illegally for its horns, which are used in ornamental carvings and medicine. The five endangered species of rhinos include Javan rhino, Sumatran rhino ...
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The scale of the problem
The last Javan rhino in Vietnam – which is where a large amount of illegal rhino horn is traded – died in 2010. It was shot and killed, with its horn removed by a poacher. South Africa faces ...