why are javan rhinoceros endangered?
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As with all five existing species of rhino, the largest threat they face is poaching to fuel the international rhino horn trade. This combined with degraded and lost habitat, has left the Javan rhino Critically Endangered with less than 100 individuals left in the wild.
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Poaching and destruction of habitat are the reasons for this species being endangered. India's National Parks are being mismanaged, and there are not enough guards to stop the poaching of tigers.
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Asian elephants are even more endangered than their African cousins. That's because the biggest threat to their survival isn't poaching but habitat loss.
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Rhinoceroses are large, herbivorous mammals identified by their characteristic horned snouts. The word "rhinoceros" comes from the Greek "rhino" (nose) and "ceros" (horn). There are five species and 11 subspecies of rhino; some have two horns, while others have one.
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Only 67 Javan rhinos are currently estimated to remain in the world, making this critically endangered rhino species one of the most threatened large mammal species on Earth. They're confined to one park on the extreme southwestern tip of the Indonesian island of Java—Ujung Kulon National Park.
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Species become endangered for two main reasons: loss of habitat and loss of genetic variation. A loss of habitat can happen naturally. Dinosaurs, for instance, lost their habitat about 65 million years ago.
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Deforestation and tree-clearing is the major cause of habitat loss for many threatened and endangered species. In Asia, this includes orangutans, tigers, rhinos and elephants, some of which are on the brink of extinction.
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Although conservation efforts have shown promise, poaching, habitat loss and other factors have endangered many species of rhinoceros. For instance, fewer than 80 Sumatran rhinos remain and no more than 67 Javan rhinos exist, meaning they could all be gone by 2050.
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They are a species of anteater and are critically endangered. Wild animals make very poor pets.
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The government singled out trophy hunting mismanagement and the illegal trade in leopard skins as the biggest threats. Black rhinos are critically endangered and almost never hunted, with a small number of very high-profile exceptions.
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Several animal species in India are endangered or critically endangered because of poaching, loss of habitat, pollution, and other reasons. Some animals include the Bengal tiger, gharial, red panda, great Indian bustard, blackbuck, Indian wild dog, and the pangolin.
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Impacts. Deforestation and tree-clearing is the major cause of habitat loss for many threatened and endangered species. In Asia, this includes orangutans, tigers, rhinos and elephants, some of which are on the brink of extinction.
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Javan rhinos are the most threatened of the five rhino species, with only 58-68 individuals that live only in Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia. Javan rhinos once lived throughout northeast India and Southeast Asia.
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Like many of the world's animal species, the African lion is endangered. Threatened by habitat loss and rampant poaching, wild numbers of these animals have dipped to an all-time low.