Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus
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Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
Genus: | Rhinoceros |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | R. s. annamiticus
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Trinomial name | |
Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus Heude, 1892
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The Vietnamese Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus),
Former distribution
Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus once lived across South China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Malaysia.
Taxonomy
Genetic analysis suggested the subspecies and the Indonesian Javan rhinoceros last shared a common ancestor between 300,000 and 2 million years ago.[1][3]
Conservation
In 2006, a single population, estimated at fewer than 12 remaining rhinos, lived in an area of
Threats
As with many other species, the two main factors in the decline of the Vietnamese Javan rhinoceros populations has been loss of habitat combined with over-hunting. Poaching for horns, a problem that affects all rhino species. The horns have been a traded commodity for more than 2,000 years in China, where they are believed to have healing properties. Because the Vietnamese Javan rhinoceros's final range encompassed an area of human poverty, it is difficult to convince local people not to kill an animal that could be sold for an enormous sum of money.[5]
See also
References
- ^ . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus Heude, 1892". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
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- ^ Gersmann, Hanna (October 25, 2011). "Javan rhino driven to extinction in Vietnam, conservationists say". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ Corlett, Richard T. (2007). "The Impact of Hunting on the Mammalian Fauna of Tropical Asian Forests". Biotropica. 39 (3): 202–303. .