Species/Javan rhinoceros
Javan rhinoceros
Rhinoceros sondaicus
CRCritically Endangered
- Range
- Ujung Kulon National Park, Java, Indonesia
- Population
- About 60–80, all in one park
- Trend
- stable
- Last assessed
- 2020
The entire species lives in one coastal park next to a volcano. There is no backup population. A wave, a disease, or one determined poacher could end the line.
Putting every remaining animal in a single reserve is not conservation. It is a holding pattern.
Threats
- Single-site risk
- Tsunami and volcano exposure
- Poaching
- Invasive Arenga palm
What you can do
- Support the International Rhino Foundation
Habitat management and a second-site plan for Javan rhinos.