Unique facts about the Javan Rhino

1. Its body is small
Javan Rhino has an average height of 1.4 meters -1.6 meters with a body length of 2 meters-3, 5 feet 30 inches plus horns. This is small when compared with high-rhino india-2 1.75-meter meter, 3 meter length-3, 8 meters, 60 cm horns, African white rhinos (height 1.5 meters-1, 8 meter, 3.8 meter long -5 meters, 1.37 meters and the horn), and the African black rhinoceros (height 1.4 m-1, 6 meter, 3meter-4 meter long, and the horn 70 cm).

2. Very small number of remaining
Today, the population worldwide is expected to live 55 tail, 50 head in the National Park Ujung Kulon / TNUK and 5 tails in Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam. Javan entered in one of the five rhino rare among five endangered species in the world, so it goes "red list" The World Conservation Union (IUCN) with the category of very threatened / critically endangered.

3. Physical and behavior is typical
Javan Rhino has unique physical and a little character. Despite his valiant (average weight 900 kg up to 2300 with a body length of 2 meters to 3 meters), but the Javan rhinoceros has ears and small eyes, short legs, and soles of the hind legs are smaller than the front legs. He was also quite shy animals and love to live alone. Culanya was only one, but likely to grow very little in the female rhino. His body has a blackish gray color.

4. Had lived in various parts of Java
The Javan rhino is estimated previously lived on the island of Sumatra and Java, among others have been found in Wonosobo (1833), Nusakambangan (1834), Mount Slamet (1867), Tangkuban Boat (1870), Mount Ciremai (1897), Mount Papandayan (1881) , and so on. But ultimately, the best habitat for him since 1921 until now in Ujung Kulon National Park located in the District of Wells and Cimanggu, Pandeglang district, Banten Province.

5. Part of the prehistoric creatures
Javan Rhino is derived from animals that live in the age Ceratotherium Pliocene and Miocene age Dicerorhinus in (they lived about 25-10 million years ago), and Brontothores Trigonas Oligocene in age (both lived about 35-25 million years ago), and Perissodactyl in Eocene age (lived about 50-45 million years ago)