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Africa's rhinos often get the spotlight—but Indonesia's two rhino species are far closer to extinction

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What happened

Small, hairy and cheekily charismatic.

Those words sprang to mind when I first met a Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) after traversing the maze of wooden slat paths at the conservation center in the dense, humid forests of Malaysian Borneo.

Key facts

  • Those words sprang to mind when I first met a Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) after traversing the maze of wooden slat paths at the conservation center in the dense, humid forests of Malaysian Borneo.
  • Reported by Phys.org and published Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:20:05 UTC.

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