The new calf is a hopeful indicator that a population on the brink of extinction may recover.
Good news from a camera trap in the Javan jungle: the critically endangered Javan rhinoceros population has a new member, based on an image of a calf captured by a camera trap last month, AFP reports. The Javan rhino is a critically endangered species that grows to about 10 feet long and at maturity stands over 5 feet tall.
The last Javan rhino in Vietnam was poached in 2010, according to the World Wildlife Fund. The animal’s numbers have dwindled due to illegal poaching, habitat loss, food availability, and disease, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare. In a statement, Satyawan Pudyatmoko, an official in Indonesia’s environment ministry, said the image was evidence that the rhinos are breeding properly.
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