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Sumatran Rhinoceros Pictures
The twohorned Sumatran rhinoceros shares the bleak distinction of world's most endangered rhino with its regional cousin, the Javan rhino. The tiniest of the rhino family, the Sumatran rhinoceros lives in isolated pockets in the dense mountain forests of Malaysia, Indonesia, and possibly Myanmar (Burma).
Sumatran rhinos are generally solitary creatures that feast upon fruit, twigs, leaves, and shrubs. Like other rhinos they have a keen sense of smell and sharp hearing,parajumpers, plus they leave a network of scented trails throughout the forest to find one another.
As the smallest rhino, they weigh about 1,760 pounds (800 kilograms), and grow to some height near 5 feet (1.5 meters) at the shoulders and eight to 10 feet (2.5 to three.2 meters) long. Unlike other rhinos, their hide, dark redbrown in color,moncler pas cher, is included with patches of short,parajumpers pas cher, dark, stiff hair. The hair helps keep mud caked towards the body, which cools the hide and protects it from insects.
The Sumatran rhino's two horns are considerably small compared to those of their African relatives, the monochrome rhinos. The anterior horn may develop to 31 inches (79 centimeters), but is generally smaller, while the posterior horn may grow up to 3 inches (10 centimeters), but is generally a maximum of a hump.
The horns that rhinos are so well known have been their downfall. Many animals happen to be killed for this hard growth, which is made of a hairlike substance and is revered for medicinal use within China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. The horn is also valued in the Middle East, Yemen especially,www.cardinalsigns.ca/page/554, and North Africa being an ornamental dagger handle.
Listed as critically endangered, there are thought to be fewer than 400 Sumatran rhinos offered to. While several of these animals are held in zoos, they rarely breed in captivity. In 2001 a calf born within the Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio was the first Sumatran rhino born in the United States, and the first successful captive delivery in over 100 years. The main threats to their survival within the wild include poaching and habitat encroachment by humans.
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