Rhino Recovery

The critically endangered Sumatran rhino lives in four isolated regions of steep, dense forest. Sightings are so rare, population estimates are largely based on camera trap images. Isolation is now the biggest threat to Sumatran rhinos.

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Sumatran rhino

(Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)

Height: Up to 1.5 meters (5 feet)

Weight: Up to 900 kilograms (2,000 pounds)

Danum Valley Conservation Area

Royal Belum State Park

Kerinci Seblat National Park Last record of wild rhino: 2004

Taman Negera National Park

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Thailand

In 2015, rhinos were declared extinct in the wild in Malaysia.

Borneo
(Kalimantan)

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Malaysia

SUMATRA

Wild rhino population

Last observed wild rhino location

Park or reserve

Leuser Ecosystem

Fewer than 50 rhinos in 6 subpopulations

Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park

Fewer than 5 rhinos in 2 subpopulations

Way Kambas National Park

Fewer than 20 rhinos in 2 subpopulations

Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary

7 rhinos in captivity (3 males, 4 females)

Indonesian Borneo

Fewer than 10 rhinos

Pahu lives here now.

Tabin Wildlife Reserve

1 rhino in captivity (1 female) unable to reproduce

Sumatra

Fewer than 75 rhinos in 10 subpopulations

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INDIAN OCEAN

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