Bornean rhinoceros

Common card · No. 422097

The Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), also known as the eastern Sumatran rhinoceros or eastern hairy rhinoceros, is a subspecies of Sumatran rhinoceros that inhabits Borneo. The subspecies was feared to be functionally extinct, with only one individual, a female named Pahu, surviving in captivity, and held in the Malaysian state of Sabah. In April 2015, the Malaysian government declared the Bornean rhinoceros to be extinct in the wild in Malaysia. However, in March 2016, a young female rhino was captured in East Kalimantan (in the Indonesian portion of Borneo), providing evidence of their continued existence. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies the subspecies as critically endangered.

Read on Wikipedia · Image Tonypaph, CC BY-SA 4.0