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🦏😥 Javan rhino: one of the rarest mammals in the world 🦏😥 | WWF Germany


🦏😥 Javan rhino: one of the rarest mammals in the world 🦏😥

The Javan rhino reaches a shoulder height of up to 170 centimeters and weighs between 1.500 and 2.000 kilograms. Unlike its two African relatives and the Sumatran rhinoceros, it has only one horn, which can reach a length of 25 centimeters in males. The females are often hornless.

The Javan rhino reaches a shoulder height of up to 170 centimeters and weighs between 1.500 and 2.000 kilograms. Unlike its two African relatives and the Sumatran rhinoceros, it has only one horn, which can reach a length of 25 centimeters in males. The females are often hornless.

Today, the Javan rhino is one of the rarest large mammals in the world, because the species only lives in the Ujung Kulon National Park on the western tip of the Indonesian island of Java. About 60 animals live on Java. In addition to the loss of habitat, the rhino's hunting for their horn was their undoing. Because rhinoceros horn is highly valued in traditional Asian medicine. The value of the horn substance even exceeds that of gold. However, trading in it is prohibited internationally.

The WWF has been committed to protecting rhinos since it was founded in 1961. In addition to whales, tigers, giant pandas, great apes, elephants and sea turtles, they are among the seven WWF indicator species groups for which the environmental foundation is particularly committed. WWF has been campaigning against poaching of the Javan rhino on Java since the 1960s. Furthermore, the WWF supports efforts to preserve the natural forest vegetation of the rhino habitats.

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