The Sumatran Rhinoceros is the smallest extant rhinoceros species, as well as the one with the most fur. Like the African species, it has two horns. Once wide-spread in south-east Asia, only about 300 remain today. It is critically endangered due to poaching, and attempts to replenish their numbers by breeding them in captivity have been met with difficulty.
It is the last surviving species in the same group as the extinct woolly rhinoceros.
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On July 30, 2004, a Sumatran Rhino mother in Cincinnati Zoo gave birth to a female calf. [1] (http://www.cincinnatizoo.org/Conservation/GlobalConservation/SumatranRhino/BirthAnnouncement/announcement.html)
External links
Information on the Sumatran Rhino (http://www.rhinos-irf.org/rhinoinformation/sumatranrhino/index.htm) from the International Rhino Foundation (http://www.rhinos-irf.org/)
Watch a baby Sumatran rhino live on a webcam from Cincinnati Zoo (http://www.aroundcinci.com/broadband/icams/rhino)
The Sumatran Rhinoceros, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis is the smallest extant rhinoceros species, as well as the one with the most fur, which allows it to survive at very high altitudes in Borneo and Sumatra.
The cervical vertebrae of the Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis sumatrensis).
Milk composition of the Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis).
Post-coital sperm recovery and cryopreservation in the Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) and application to gamete rescue in the African fl rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) -- O'Brien and Roth 118 (2): 263 -- Reproduction
Post-coital sperm recovery and cryopreservation in the Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) and application to gamete rescue in the African fl rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) sperm samples were collected from a post-copulatory female and characterized to determine their potential for sperm preservation and future use in artificial insemination.
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