Javan rhinoceros  (Rhinoceros sondaicus)

Facts

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderPerissodactyla
FamilyRhinocerotidae
GenusRhinoceros (1)
SizeHeight: up to 170 cm (2)
Head-body length: 2 – 4 m (2)
Weight900 – 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).

left