There, in Ujung Kulon National Park, around 70 Javan rhinos (Rhinoceros sondaicus) survive. A tsunami, a disease or a determined group of poachers could wipe them out for good. To complicate ...

Vietnam’s Javan rhinos (Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus) are one of only two populations of the species left on Earth. Official estimates say there are fewer than 60 Javan rhino left. The largest ...

WWF and the International Rhino Foundation (IRF) have confirmed the extinction of the Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus) in Vietnam. Genetic analysis of 22 dung samples collected by a ...

But the Javan rhinos left in the park - the only ones left in the world - were left unscathed. The rhinos typically live along the park's south coast and this tsunami hit the north coast - many ...

Numbers 'doubtful' - Now the question is just how many Javan rhinos remain. Even before the poaching was revealed, doubts had been cast on the government's estimate of the wild population.