Archive | April 18, 2016

“First Sumatran rhino found in Borneo in 40 years has died”

Indonesian environmental activist tending to an ill Sumatran Rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) after it was found in a pit trap.

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The first critically endangered Sumatran rhino to be found in an area of Borneo for 40 years has died, wildlife experts said.

The species had been thought to be extinct in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, until a few years ago when surveying found evidence through camera traps and footprints of 15 Sumatran rhinos in the area.