![]() ![]() And the last male northern white rhino died in 2020.ĬNN’s Masrur Jamaluddin and Jessie Yeung contributed reporting.The Sumatran rhinoceros ( Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), also known as the Sumatran rhino, hairy rhinoceros or Asian two-horned rhinoceros, is a rare member of the family Rhinocerotidae and one of five extant species of rhinoceros it is the only extant species of the genus Dicerorhinus. Some sub-species have already vanished the western black rhino, native to western Africa, was declared extinct in 2013 due to poaching. There are now only five remaining rhino species worldwide, and all are threatened. The Sumatran rhino calf follows the birth of five Javan rhinos – also critically endangered – in the Ujung Kulon National Park in 2021. International rhino experts and the Indonesian government have decided relocating rhinos to a captive breeding program was the only way to save the species. Without intervention, the IRF said the Sumatran rhino will be extinct in a matter of decades. Later, it was exacerbated by fragmented habitats and human encroachment on the environment, which prevent the rhinos from gathering and breeding. Initially, it was caused by poaching for their horns, which were coveted as ingredients in traditional Asian medicine. Multiple factors have contributed to the rhino’s population decline. Why airlifting rhinos upside down is critical to conservation March 2021, Call to Earth Rhino airlift story Namibian Ministry of the Environment, Forestry and Tourism We share the excitement of this birth with the world!” “This is a momentous occasion for a critically imperiled species. ![]() “Rosa’s pregnancy represents new hope for this critically endangered species,” Nina Fascione, executive director of the IRF, said in a statement. The program aims to maintain the survival of the Sumatran rhino by increasing rhino numbers so someday they can be reintroduced into the wild. The captive breeding program at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary, which the IRF helped build, is the only place in the country “for the Sumatran rhino to breed naturally with the support of technology and collaboration of expertise,” Wiratno said. And the father, Andatu, was the first rhino ever born in captivity in Indonesia, the IRF said. The mother, a rhino named Rosa, had lost eight previous pregnancies. The calf’s birth in Indonesia last week brings the number of Sumatran rhinos at the sanctuary to eight. Scientists want to bring them back with cloning technology The Sumatran rhino was declared extinct in Malaysia in 2015 but the death of the female, called Iman, meant the species had been completely wiped out there.Ī Sumatran rhinoceros stands in the rhinocerous protection station Tabin in the jungle of Borneo near Lahad Datu, Malaysia, 29 October 2013 John Grafilo/picture alliance/Getty ImagesĮvery Sumatran rhino has died in Malaysia. In 2019, Malaysia’s last Sumatran rhino died at the Borneo Rhino Sanctuary. Sumatran rhinos, the world’s smallest rhino species, once flourished across Southeast Asia but they are now found only in tiny pockets on Indonesia’s northern island of Sumatra and Indonesian Borneo.įewer than 80 Sumatran rhinos remain, according to the International Rhino Foundation (IRF). “The birth of the Sumatran rhino is good news amid the efforts of the Indonesian government and partners to increase the Sumatran rhino population,” Wiratno, the director general of conservation at the environment ministry, said in a statement. The female rhino was born at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park in Sumatra’s Lampung Province on March 24, according to Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment. An extremely rare Sumatran rhino has been born in captivity at a sanctuary in Indonesia, according to the government, a triumph for conservation efforts to save the critically endangered animal from extinction. ![]()
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