Dicerorhinus sumatrensis extinct in Assam.
less than 300
539-991, cf. Khan 1988
extinct in Burma
animal seen
32 yrs 8 months, female in London Zoo from 1872
Rauhohrnashorn
Height at shoulder max. 150 cm
The colour varies from black to brown-red. Female in San Diego (arr. 1988) had a remarkably red colour. Male in Cincinnati (Ipoh) is black on back and sides. In Sungei Dusun Breeding Centre there is a female with remarkably black hairs. Animals in the Centre in Sabah were dark brown.
Two subspecies recognized by Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1966): sumatrensis from Sumatra and Borneo, and lasiotis (Buckland, 1872) if SE Asian mainland. Gray (1873) named niger from Malaya, but = lasiotis. Groves (1965) named harrissoni from Borneo. Although Groves separated niger and lasiotis on the mainland, but this distinction is doubtful. In that case all those on the mainland are lasiotis and niger becomes a synonym.
Weight ca 750 kg
saw 3 specimens in Sep 1996
The colour varies from black to brown-red. Female in San Diego (arr. 1988) had a remarkably red colour. Male in Cincinnati (Ipoh) is black on back and sides. In Sungei Dusun Breeding Centre there is a female with remarkably black hairs. Animals in the Centre in Sabah were dark brown.
There is a Managed Breeding Centre in Sungei Dusun run by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks, under directorship of Mohd. Khan bin Momin Khan. In Sep 1991 there were 1/3 rhinos. The females were old enough to breed, but the male was only 3 years old. In Sep 1997 there were 2/4 rhinos, but no mating had yet taken place.
Length of Body 250 cm
Centre is next to Orang Utan rehab centre. In sep 1997 there were 2/2 adult rhinos.
a wild-bred female gave birth in May 1987. Both present in Sep 1997.
saw animal arrived in 1988
