Javan RhinoBy: Bowen Magill

Environment• A Javan Rhino’s environment is a tropical forest.• They are originally from Southeast Asia.• They mostly eat leaves, young shoots, twigs, and fruit. • Living in the forest protects them from the sun• It is essential for the rhinos to wallow in mud holes,

the mud helps them with thermoregulation, their skin condition, the removal of parasites, and biting insects.

• They occasionally drink salt water.

Extinction • The Javan Rhinos have been poached since

colonial times by trophy hunters.• They were also killed as pests and used for

their horn.• Humans cut down the forests that the rhinos

lived in depleting the population

Steps To Protect The Rhino• WWF is the World Wide Fund for Nature• They are working to

• Support Rhino Protection Units that patrol the park and help keep safe from poachers

• Manage invasive species that are degrading the habitat of Javan rhinos

• Conduct ongoing research to learn more about the rhinos• Support ecotoursim in Ujung Kulon National Park• Work with local communities to create opportunities for

additional income

Video

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTELuPmncGM

Works Cited

• http://worldwildlife.org/species/javan-rhino• http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endanger

ed_species/rhinoceros/asian_rhinos/javan_rhinoceros/

• http://www.savetherhino.org/rhino_info/species_of_rhino/javan_rhinos/factfile_javan_rhino