Javan Rhinoceros Shy Tiny Horn in Jungle
This exotic animal never bored to stare. Java Rhino or Single Little-Horn Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus, means: Sundanese Rhinoceros). This rhinoceros skin is very unique resemblance classic soldier that wear a suit of armor steel. Because its skin has some loose foldaway which give steel shield appearance and natural mosaic pattern, this make Javan Rhinoceros might be the rarest animal in the world. In my childhood, I’m very amazed to saw its shape resemblance like “giant bug” or much closer “dinosaur bug” cause the unique strange and huge size of this rhino. Javan Rhinoceros has less attention on research cause the dearth and in fear of habitat threatened in the wild life.
Actually “Javan Rhinoceros ” it’s only a expression. it’s population spread all over Indonesia, throughout South East Asia, India and China. Nowadays, Javan Rhinoceros threatened and has critical population and only few of them still live in the wild life. According to www.wikipedia.org Javan Rhinoceros population that live in Ujung Kulon National Park which reside in Java Island, Indonesia remain 40-50 only. In 2007 only eight those live in Cat Tien National Park in Vietnam. Such Pityingly Rhino.
Yore Javan Rhinoceros skin commonly used to make Chinese armor suit and even Vietnam outback tribe believe Javan Rhinoceros skin able to be amulet for snake venom. Do you know, how much price of Javan Rhinoceros horn in Chinese black market. Its cost US$ 30.000 each kilogram. What a seductive price for a hunter to get Javan Rhinoceros horn. This Javan Rhinoceros commonly used for traditional medicine the people of China.
Indonesia WWF moderate to preserve Javan Rhinoceros accompanying give region which safe enough for this rhino from tsunami, volcano explosion, earthquake and competition with the wild ox of java. That region reside in National Park, Taman Nasional Halimun in Gunung Salak, West Java where in this National Park once become Javan Rhinoceros habitat.
Indian rhino that we used to be seen on TV has a bigger size than Javan Rhinoceros, which its head smaller and skin foldaway less visible. Javan Rhinoceros length Approximately 3 meters and heights achieve 1.7 meters. Female Javan Rhinoceros commonly has a bigger size than a male. Female Javan Rhinoceros can be none or very tiny on its size. Javan Rhinoceros only have one horn and this horn has a smallest size than other rhino in the world that is 20 centimeters long. This horn actually rarely to use for a fight, but most use for escalate mud pool which to bath and submerged, to pull a tree for food and open a way when there is tree dense in front of it. Javan Rhinoceros use teeth more than it horn to fight, Javan Rhinoceros incisor long and sharp.
Javan Rhinoceros view sense is not too good as compare to it smell and hear sense. Javan Rhinoceros age approximately about 30 until 45 years. Javan Rhinoceros skin has hairy with grey, brown grey or black grey. This skin, wrap all of shoulders, back and bottom. Javan Rhinoceros Skin wrap neck, smaller than Indian rhino but still form like horse saddle at shoulders. Upper lips Javan Rhinoceros become acute and able to use for reach the food and bring them to the mouth.
Javan Rhinoceros like to submerge in the mud, it helps to keep body temperature and prevent parasite. This thing generally happened to all rhino in the world. Javan Rhinoceros doesn’t dig its own mud-bath but then prefer use other animal mud-bath or using hole that comes up naturally.
Male Javan Rhinoceros inscribe foot in the ground to communicate and mark their territory with stack of dirt and urine splash. Javan Rhinoceros doesn’t make a lot of noise than Sumatran rhino.Javan Rhinoceros in Vietnam very scared when meet human; they will quickly run to the jungle when seen human. This thing that complicate Javan Rhinoceros research. Javan Rhinoceros can be so aggressive when very close to human, they attack using its incisor and stab upward using its head. They have aggressive attitude like this probably because their habitat threatened.
For the food Javan Rhinoceros eat the plant because they are herbivore. Javan Rhinoceros eat bud, small branch, young leaf and dropped fruit. Javan Rhinoceros favorite plant is be touched by sunshine. Javan Rhinoceros can also bring down young tree to get food. Upper lips of Javan Rhinoceros can hold leaves or branches. Food adaptation Javan Rhinoceros is the easiest compare with any other rhino. Approximately 50 kilograms food consumed by Javan Rhinoceros. Salt is the nutrition that Javan Rhinoceros need for food. Same thing with Sumatran rhino, when Javan Rhinoceros doesn’t find mineral nutrition that they need, they drink sea water to get the nutrition. This thing commonly happened in Ujung Kulon.
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