Skull of a Sumatran rhinoceros

The smallest of all rhinos, the Sumatran rhino Dicerorhinus sumatrensis currently competes with the Javan rhino for the unenviable title of most threatened rhino species. There are more Sumatran rhinos than Javan. But there are fewer than 100 and Sumatran rhinos are more threatened by poaching. The species was declared extinct in the wild in Malaysia in 2015.

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