Javan rhinoceros  (Rhinoceros sondaicus)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Perissodactyla
Family Rhinocerotidae
Genus Rhinoceros (1)
Size Height: up to 170 cm (2)
Head-body length: 2 – 4 m (2)
Weight 900 – 2,300 kg (2)

Status

Classified as Critically Endangered (CR) by the IUCN Red List 2007 (1), and listed under Appendix I of CITES (3). Subspecies: the Vietnamese Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus) and the Indonesian Javan rhinoceros (R. s. sondaicus) are both classified as Critically Endangered (CR) (1).