Sumatran Rhinoceros

Sumatran Rhinoceros Physical Characteristics

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Perissodactyla

Family: Rhinocerotidae

Genus: Dicerorhinus

Scientific Name: Dicerorhinus Sumatrensis

Type: Mammal

Diet: Herbivore

Size (L): 2m - 2.5m (6.6ft - 8.2ft)

Weight: 500kg - 800kg (1,100lbs - 1,760lbs)

Top Speed: 42km/h (30mph)

Lifespan: 30-45 years

Lifestyle: Solitary

Conservation Status: Critically Endangered

Colour: Brown, Grey, Black

Skin Type: Leather

Favourite Food: Grass

Habitat: Tropical bushland, grassland and savannas

Average Litter Size: 1

Main Prey: Grass, Fruit, Berries, Leaves

Predators: Human, Wild cats

Special Features: Small body size and two horns

The Sumatran rhinoceros is the littlest of the five rhinoceros species with a body length of under 250cm. In contrast to the next Asian rhinoceros species, the Sumatran rhinoceros has two horns like the white and dark rhinos found on the African landmass.

The Sumatran rhinoceros principally possesses thick marsh rainforests, tall grass and reed beds that are ample with waterways, huge floodplains, or wet zones with many mud flounders, bogs and cloud timberlands. The scope of Sumatran rhinoceros once extended from India, through south-east Asia and down to Sumatra however today, the Sumatran rhinoceros is just found on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, with a number likewise on the Malaysian terrain.

The Sumatran rhinoceros is the littlest of the rhinoceros species and alongside having two horns, implied the Sumatran rhinoceros has been an obvious objective for poachers. The Sumatran rhinoceros utilizes it's horns for safeguard, terrorizing, uncovering roots and breaking branches amid bolstering. The horns of the Sumatran rhinoceros are produced using a substance called keratin and are in this manner solid. The horns of the Sumatran rhinoceros are utilized in antiquated drug and numerous Sumatran rhinos have been wrongfully chased for them.

The Sumatran rhinoceros has generally poor visual perception, depending more on hearing and smell to recognize what is happening around them. The ears of the Sumatran rhinoceros have a moderately wide rotational range to identify sounds and a superb feeling of smell to promptly aware them of the nearness of predators.

The Sumatran rhinoceros is a herbivorous creature implying that it supports itself on an absolutely plant-based eating regimen. Sumatran rhinos peruse the thickly vegetated sub-tropical timberland for leaves, blooms, buds, organic products, berries and roots which they uncover starting from the earliest stage their horns.

Because of its substantial size, the Sumatran rhinoceros' solitary genuine predator in the wild are huge wild felines, for example, tigers that will go after the Sumatran rhino calves and feeble people. People are the greatest danger to the Sumatran rhinoceros as they have been chased to the edge of eradication for their horns.

The Sumatran rhinoceros is a singular creature and just meets up with other Sumatran rhinos to mate. The female Sumatran rhinoceros brings forth a solitary calf after an incubation period that is over a year long. The Sumatran rhinoceros calf stays with its mom until it is something like 2 years of age and sufficiently enormous to end up autonomous.

Today, the Sumatran rhinoceros has been poached for it's horns to the degree that it is on the precarious edge of termination. Chasing of the Sumatran rhinoceros alongside territory misfortune in their local districts have prompted there being assessed that there are under 300 Sumatran rhinoceros people left in the wildernesses of south-east Asia today.