The Bornean rhinoceros is a subspecies of the Sumatran rhinoceros, scientifically named Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni, and is the smallest living rhinoceros. Adults weigh 600 to 950 kilograms, stand 1 to 1.5 meters tall, and measure 2 to 3 meters in body length. It has darker skin than other Sumatran rhino subspecies, fringed ears, wrinkles around the eyes, and a prehensile lip. Once found across most of Borneo, it now survives only in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, after the wild population in Sabah, Malaysia was declared extinct in 2015. Fewer than 15 individuals remain in fragmented wild populations, and the IUCN lists the subspecies as Critically Endangered. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification
System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleAgricultural or Structural Pest 1 Living or Extinct Scientific NameDicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni 4 Conservation Status Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Wikidata: Bornean rhinoceros
In Biome
Source Bornean rhinoceros (Wikipedia)
In Ecosystem
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
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1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyPrimary Diet, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
Primary Diet herbivore herbivore
Economic Importance for Humans: Negative Impacts
Negative Impacts crop pest
Conservation Status: CITES
CITES Appendix I
In Ecosystem: Borneo Rainforest, Habitat
Sumatran rhinoceroses live in upland forests around Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo, at elevations up to 2,000 m above sea level.
View the Source 2. Bornean rhinoceros (Wikipedia)
Habitat and distribution
Today, all subspecies of Sumatran rhinoceros, including the Bornean rhinoceros, live in hot, humid closed canopy rainforest.
Infobox: status
CR
View the Source3. GBIF Species API
4. Wikipedia: Bornean rhinoceros
Sumatran Rhinoceros (Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Bornean rhinoceros
Child Taxon Of: Rhinocerotidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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