2. Sumatran Rhinoceros Connor Johnson Computers 8 December 2010

3. Table of contents  What are they..?  Where do they live?  How/why are they being killed?  What do they eat?  What makes the Sumatran Rhino Unique?  What is some general facts about them?  Bibliography

4. What are they..?  A type of Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus Sumatrensis)  Also considered the ‘hairy rhino’ (tough hair/fur)  Only about 200 Rhinos left in world.  Live around southeast asia, in protected areas.  Also named the Asain two horned Rhino  Small compared to other Rhinos  Can’t sweat, uses mud to cool off

5. Where do they live?  Live in Rainforests, swamps & Cloud forests  Prefer close to water and valleys  Near eastern Asia, Burma and Bangladesh  Also in Cambodia, Vietnam and Malaysia  Scattered in groups in different places  Live on island of Sumtra, split into two by mountains

6. How / why are they being killed?  Being killed because of Poaching purposes  Sumatran Horn worth $30,000 per horn  Other body parts used also  Meat is Medicine, rhino head oil medicine also  Hunted by Spear and pit traps  Horn considered ‘protection’ from poison  Third of population kept safe in national parks

7. What do they eat?  Usually eat just before nightfall or in morning  Eat leaves, saplings twigs and shoots  Eat up to 50kg (110lb) of food every day  Can eat up to 100 different kinds of foods  Large proportion of food tree sapling (Leaves)  Frequently changing diets  Diet high in Fiber, moderate in protein

8. What makes the Sumatran Rhinoceros Unique?  One of the worlds rarest animal  Smallest Rhinoceros species  Calf leaves mother at 18 months  Horn believed to cure illness’s  Have Very poor Vision  Most vocal Rhino, also commumicates with feet  Closely related to Woolly Rhinceros

9. Some general facts of Sumatran Rhinceros  Gray-ish leather hair (shaped like armour plates  2 horns, front horn larger then rear  Tiger one of main predators  Can swim well in Oceans  Horn of rhino perched on skull (not rooted in)  In day, Rhino wallows in mud, at night hunts  Usually live in hilly areas with swamps

10. Bibliography  http://en.wikipedia.org/wi ki/Sumatran_Rhinoceros http://en.wikipedia.org/wi ki/Sumatran_Rhinoceros http://en.wikipedia.org/wi ki/Sumatran_Rhinoceros  http://animals.nationalgeo graphic.com/animals/mam mals/sumatran-rhinoceros/ http://animals.nationalgeo graphic.com/animals/mam mals/sumatran-rhinoceros/ http://animals.nationalgeo graphic.com/animals/mam mals/sumatran-rhinoceros/  http://www.ultimateungula te.com/perissodactyla/dice rorhinus_sumatrensis.html http://www.ultimateungula te.com/perissodactyla/dice rorhinus_sumatrensis.html http://www.ultimateungula te.com/perissodactyla/dice rorhinus_sumatrensis.html  http://www.blueplanetbio mes.org/sumatran_rhino.h tm http://www.blueplanetbio mes.org/sumatran_rhino.h tm http://www.blueplanetbio mes.org/sumatran_rhino.h tm  http://www.animalinfo.org /species/artiperi/dicesuma. htm http://www.animalinfo.org /species/artiperi/dicesuma. htm http://www.animalinfo.org /species/artiperi/dicesuma. htm  http://www.indonesianfau na.com/sumatranrhinocero s.php http://www.indonesianfau na.com/sumatranrhinocero s.php http://www.indonesianfau na.com/sumatranrhinocero s.php  http://www.rhinos- irf.org/sumatran/ http://www.rhinos- irf.org/sumatran/ http://www.rhinos- irf.org/sumatran/  http://www.biaza.org.uk/p ublic/images/campaigns/rh inoDocs/sumatran.pdf http://www.biaza.org.uk/p ublic/images/campaigns/rh inoDocs/sumatran.pdf http://www.biaza.org.uk/p ublic/images/campaigns/rh inoDocs/sumatran.pdf  http://www.arkive.org/su matran- rhinoceros/dicerorhinus- sumatrensis/ http://www.arkive.org/su matran- rhinoceros/dicerorhinus- sumatrensis/ http://www.arkive.org/su matran- rhinoceros/dicerorhinus- sumatrensis/  http://www.rhinoresourcec enter.com/species/sumatra n-rhino/ http://www.rhinoresourcec enter.com/species/sumatra n-rhino/ http://www.rhinoresourcec enter.com/species/sumatra n-rhino/