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	Rhinoceros - MSN Encarta
		The two African species are the white rhinoceros, a relatively placid animal that is the largest of all rhino species, reaching a weight of over 3 metric tons, and the fl rhinoceros, which is about half as heavy as the white rhinoceros but much more aggressive.
		As a result of illegal trade in rhinoceros horn and habitat destruction, the populations of the fl, Sumatran, and Javan rhinos have suffered a sharp decline in recent years, and are now close to extinction in the wild.
		The fl rhinoceros feeds on leaves and twigs, while the white rhinoceros is the world’s biggest grazing animal, living almost entirely on low-growing grass.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761552776/Rhinoceros.html (723 words)

	Rhinoceros - LoveToKnow 1911
		The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), the largest of the Asiatic forms, is the most widely known, from its being exhibited in zoological gardens.
		The fl rhinoceros (Rhinoceros (Diceros) bicornis) is the smaller of the two, and has a pointed prehensile upper lip.
		Their sight is very bad; but they are quick of hearing, and their scent is very keen; they are, too, often accompanied by rhinoceros birds, which, by running about their heads, flapping their wings, and screeching at the same time, frequently give them notice of the approach of danger.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Rhinoceros (1401 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		RHINOCEROS, common name for any animal of the Rhinocerotidae, a family of odd-toed ungulates characterized by one or two median horns on the snout.
		The vision of the rhinoceros is poor, but this deficiency is compensated for by acute senses of smell and hearing.
		The African fl rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis, a two-horned species found in savannas and on mountainsides south of Ethiopia, is characterized by a long, pointed, prehensile upper lip; it is the only member of its family with a fairly substantial population in the wild.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/animals/rhinoceros.html (518 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Sumatran Rhino is the smallest of the living rhinoceroses, with a body length of between 240 and 320 cm, shoulder height of up to 145 cm and weight up to 1,000 kg.
		The Sumatran Rhinoceros once occurred widely from the foothills of the Himalayas in Bhutan and eastern India, through Myanmar, Thailand, possibly to Viet Nam and China, and south through the Malay Peninsula, to the islands of Sumatra and Borneo.
		Furthermore, the establishment of a captive breeding programme is underway in Bogor, west Java, co-ordinated by the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria (AAZPA) and the Howletts and Port Lympe Zoo in the U.K., with captive breeding envisaged in Indonesia, the U.K. and the USA.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /latenews/emergency/fire_1997/sumatran.htm (2180 words)

	KIDCYBER TOPICS
		Rhinoceros dig in mud with their horns, then roll in the mud to to keep cool, to keep the skin in good condition, and to keep insects from biting.
		The mouth of the white rhinoceros is wide and straight because it is a grass eater and the mouth shape makes it easier to graze.
		A young Southern White rhinoceros grazes, her tail curled in an indication that she is feeling uneasy or anxious.
	www.kidcyber.com.au /topics/rhino.htm (448 words)

	Sumatran Rhinoceros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The cervical vertebrae of the Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis sumatrensis).
		Observation on the skeleton of the Sumatran rhinoceros.
		Precopulatory behaviour in Sumatran rhinoceros at Zoo Melaka.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sumatran_Rhinoceros (1019 words)

	Rhinoceros (Endangered Species), Wildlife Species Information: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
		The word rhinoceros means "horn-nosed," and rhinos use their horns for several purposes.
		The Sumatran rhino is the only Asian rhino species with two horns and the only rhino with hair on its body.
		Like the Sumatran, the Javan rhino also lives in dense forests, feeding at forest edges and mountain clearings on bamboo, fruit, and other plants.
	www.fws.gov /species/species_accounts/bio_rhin.html (1285 words)

	Meet The Rhino! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Indian rhinoceros has a single horn and grows to a shoulder height of 1.7 to 1.86 m (5.5 to 6.1 ft); it is now found only in Nepal and on the plains of Assam State.
		The otherwise protected rhinoceros suffers from the large market in Asia for its horn, which is used whole in artistic carving and is also prized as a medicine and aphrodisiac.
		The Indian rhinoceros is classified as Rhinoceros unicornis, the Javan rhinoceros as Rhinoceros sondaicus, and the Sumatran rhinoceros as Dicerorhinus sumatrensis.
	home.comcast.net /~webartdallas/webdesign/wyliezoohtml/pages/rhino.htm (567 words)

	SAVE THE RHINO
		A new study confirms that the two-horned Asian rhinoceros is genetically distinct from its near kin.
		DNA studies of the Bornean rhino, a subspecies of Sumatran rhino, clearly distinguish it from other members of its species and indicate a long period of separation and adaptation to its tropical forest habitat on the island of Borneo.
		Sumatran rhinos have hairy coats and tufted ears, ancient features that lead biologists to conclude they are among the oldest surviving rhinos.
	www.accessexcellence.org /WN/SUA09/rhino197.html (872 words)

	Rhinoceros Detail - Factfile :: Choices Wild Limited
		Rhinoceros are remarkably agile; the fl rhino may attain a speed of about 45 kilometres (30 miles) per hour, even in thick brush and can wheel rapidly after missing a charge.
		Modern Rhinoceros are characterised by the possession of one (in the two species of the genus Rhinoceros) or two (in the other three genera) horns on the upper surface of the snout, composed of not the true horn but of keratin, a fibrous protein found in hair.
		Rhinoceros are noted for their thick skin, which forms platelike folds, especially at the shoulders and thighs.
	www.choiceswild.com /wildlife/rhino2.htm (362 words)

	Sumatran Rhinoceros - Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
		The Sumatran rhinoceros is a small, hairy rhinoceros which survives in limited numbers in pockets of Indonesian and Malaysian rain forests.
		Breeding of captive Sumatran rhinos has shown that the female will not come into estrus until she senses the nearness of a male.
		The Sumatran rhinoceros is the smallest and rarest rhinoceros species.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /sumatran_rhino.htm (707 words)

	SR.com: Sumatran rhino gives birth in captivity again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A baby female Sumatran rhinoceros is shown soon after it was born Friday at the Cincinnati Zoo.
		CINCINNATI – A Sumatran rhinoceros gave birth to a second calf at the Cincinnati Zoo, becoming the first of the endangered species to produce two offspring in captivity, zoo officials said Friday.
		With only about 300 Sumatran rhinos known to exist in the wild, they are the most endangered of all rhinoceros species and among the most endangered mammals in the world.
	www.spokesmanreview.com /tools/story_pf.asp?ID=18533 (252 words)

	Sumatran rhinoceros
		Unique among rhinos, the Sumatran rhinoceros is covered with a conspicuous coat of coarse, reddish brown hair.
		Sumatran rhinos are dependent on salt-licks, with populations based around them.
		The Sumatran rhinoceros as a species is classified as critically endangered by the IUCN (1996).
	www.ultimateungulate.com /Perissodactyla/Dicerorhinus_sumatrensis.html (361 words)

	rhinoceros
		The largest rhinoceros is the one-horned Indian rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis, which has a rough skin, folded into shieldlike pieces; the African rhinoceroses are smooth-skinned and two-horned.
		The African fl rhinoceros Diceros bicornis is 1.5 m/5 ft high, with a prehensile (grasping) upper lip for feeding on shrubs, and sometimes a smaller third horn.
		sondaicus is near extinction, as is the two-horned Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0008620.html (490 words)

	The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		According to Mukri, the population of Sumatran rhinoceros is alarmingly low and it is nearing extinction.
		Rhinoceros only survive in the national parks on Sumatra island; the Mount Leuser National Park (encompassing Aceh and North Sumatra), the Kerinci Seblat National Park in Riau, and the Berbak, South Bukit Barisan and Way Kambas national parks in Lampung.
		Environmental activists said that rampant poaching of elephant and rhinoceros in Lampung was due to the high demand for the animals' ivory and horns from overseas.
	www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20060102.D09 (883 words)

	Rainforest Animals : Sumatran Rhinoceros
		The Sumatran Rhinoceros is not the biggest tiger in the world, Its cousin the Siberian tiger is the largest tiger.
		The body of the Sumatran Rhinoceros is broad with legs that are slender.
		The Sumatran Rhinoceros is a nocturnal and greatly feared predator.
	www.animalport.com /rainforest-animals/list/Sumatran-Rhinoceros.html (453 words)

	KIDCYBER TOPICS
		Rhinoceros horn is made of hair (keratin) that grows out of the skin.
		The Sumatran rhinoceros is the only one of the five species that has fur - it has a coat of shaggy hair.
		The Sumatran rhinoceros is extremely shy and difficult to observe.
	www.kidcyber.com.au /topics/tripIndrhino.htm (508 words)

	Rhinos
		Within the rhinoceros family (family Rhinoce-rotidae), there are five subspecies: the African fl (Diceros bicornis) and white or square-lipped (Ceratotherium simum) rhinos, the great Indian (Asian) one-horned rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis), the Javan (Rhinoceros sondaicus) and Sumatran rhinos (Dicerorhinus sumatrenis).
		Javan One-Horned Rhinoceros: In 1987, an estimated 50 Javan rhinos still survived in the wild (at the western-most tip of the island of Java), making it the most critically endangered of the five species of rhinoceros.
		Sumatran Rhinoceros: Also called the Asian two-horned rhinoceros, the Sumatran is still found, in diminishing numbers and in isolated areas, in Burma, Indonesia and Malaysia.
	intothewild.tripod.com /rhinos.htm (1181 words)

	Archive News - Cincinnati Zoo's Sumatran Rhino Makes History with Second Calf
		This was the first time in 112 years that a Sumatran rhinoceros successfully reproduced in captivity.
		Sumatran rhinos are a flagship species for the Cincinnati Zoo's signature conservation programs.
		The Sumatran rhinoceros is considered one of the most endangered mammals on earth.
	www.rhinos-irf.org /news/sumatran/emibirth2.htm (453 words)

	SOCP / UK / News / SOCP
		Sumatran rhinos are mainly solitary, but the young accompany their mothers for about two years.
		Between 1998 and 2001, at least 64 Sumatran tigers were reportedly killed (100), a significant portion of the critically endangered population.
		In the Sumatran city of Bandar Lampung, the continuing destruction of trees for oil palm plantations drove wild elephants to rampage in residential areas, destroy crops, and kill two people (101).
	www.sumatranorangutan.com /site_mawas/UK/NEWS/diasDB/OTHER_news/2005_2/palm_oil_ALL_1.htm (11362 words)

	WWF Malaysia - Newsroom - Press Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The rhinos found on Borneo are regarded as a subspecies of the Sumatran rhinoceros, which means they have different physical characteristics from rhinos found in Sumatra (Indonesia) and Peninsular Malaysia.
		The Sumatran rhinoceros is one of the world’s most critically endangered species.
		Sumatran rhinos are currently found in peninsular Malaysia, and on the islands of Borneo (Sabah, Malaysia) and Sumatra (Indonesia).
	www.wwfmalaysia.org /newsroom/pressrel/2006/pr060615.htm (883 words)

	Sumatran Rhinoceros
		Sumatran Rhinoceroses are found in tropical rainforests in very isolated areas of Indonesia.
		The Sumatran Rhinoceros is distinctive in that they are covered with hair, unlike other members of the species.
		Sumatran Rhinoceroses are herbivores and graze on many different kinds of plants.
	www.indonesianfauna.com /sumatranrhinoceros.php (554 words)

	Animal Info - Sumatran Rhinoceros
		The Sumatran rhino is found in a wide variety of habitats, from lowland rain forests and swamps to mountain moss forests.
		The Sumatran rhino makes seasonal movements, staying in hilly country when the lowlands are flooded during the rains, descending when the weather has become cool near the end of the rains, and returning to high ground by March.
		The two main reasons for the Sumatran rhino's decline have been poaching for virtually all of the parts of its body (especially the horn), which are believed by some peoples of the Orient to have medicinal purposes, and loss of its forested habitat due to conversion of the land to other uses.
	www.animalinfo.org /species/artiperi/dicesuma.htm (1892 words)

	The Cincinnati Post
		Emi, a 14-year-old female Sumatran rhinoceros, gave birth to a healthy female calf at 12:51 p.m.
		During the past 15 years, more than 50 percent of the global Sumatran rhino population has died due to poaching and the destruction of its natural rainforest habitats.
		Five live in the U.S. Breeding the rhinos in captivity is a difficult task, according to Roth, because male and female rhinos often have temperaments that clash, and rhinos are inherently solitary animals.
	www.cincypost.com /2004/07/31/rhino073104.html (599 words)

	Archived conservation news articles on Sumatran Rhinoceros
		The species of rhino in Borneo, commonly called the Sumatran rhinoceros, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, is considered to be a separate subspecies, Ds harrissoni...
		There is one species of rhino in Borneo, commonly called the Sumatran rhinoceros, with the scientific name Dicerorhinus sumatrensis.
		She said most people were unaware that peat swamp forests were sanctuaries to many endangered species, including the Sumatran rhinoceros and the Asian elephant...
	conservation.mongabay.com /news/Sumatran_Rhinoceros.htm (461 words)

	ASA 142nd Meeting Lay Language Papers - Song-like Vocalizations and Infrasound from the Sumatran Rhinoceros
		Sumatran rhinos are solitary, although males and females are seen together during courtship.
		The Sumatran rhino is the oldest living species of rhino, and is a descendant of the wooly rhinoceros.
		Sumatrans are covered in long course, reddish-brown hair, with tufts on their ears.
	www.acoustics.org /press/142nd/vonmuggenthaler.html (583 words)

	SOS Rhino
		He said the absence of wet wallows and droppings was proof that the Sumatran rhinoceros had become extinct in the State.
		On the possibility of the animals moving to neighbouring States, Chow said the chances were low as the rhinoceros seldom moved out of its territory in its lifetime.
		Under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972, the penalty for shooting, killing and possession of any protected animal or its body parts is a maximum RM15,000 fine or five yearsf imprisonment, or both.
	www.sosrhino.org /news/rhinonews120105a.php (253 words)

	Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted): Not Extinct Yet
		A small but apparently viable population of the Sumatran rhinoceros subspecies, Didermoceros sumatrensis harrissoni, is now confirmed to exist in the northeast state of Sabah on the island of Borneo.
		The Sumatran rhino is comprised of several subspecies that are thought to be extinct throughout their former range in the states of Sarawak (Malaysia) and Kalimantan (Indonesia) (map pictured).
		Rhinoceros have been the victims of widespread poaching because their horns are prized in many parts of the world because of their presumed medicinal powers.
	scienceblogs.com /grrlscientist/2006/03/not_extinct_yet.php (1306 words)

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