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Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (Sumatran rhinoceros)

Synonyms: Didermocerus sumatrensis; Rhinoceros crossii; Rhinoceros sumatrensis (homotypic)

Infraspecies

Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis sumatrensis

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Dicerorhinus sumatrensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
14
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
84
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 28.79
EDGE Score: 6.17
View EDGE Record: Dicerorhinus sumatrensis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.389 tons (1,260.00 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  50.707 lbs (23.00 kg)
Diet [2]  Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  50 %
Diet - Plants [2]  50 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  7 years 6 months
Gestation [1]  7 months 26 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Litters / Year [1]  0.3
Maximum Longevity [1]  33 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [3]  9.742 feet (297 cm)
Top 100 Endangered [4]  Yes
Weaning [1]  1 year 4 months

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand Yes

Prey / Diet

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 4Baillie, J.E.M. & Butcher, E. R. (2012) Priceless or Worthless? The world’s most threatened species. Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom.
♦ 5The Mineral Content of Food Plants of the Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) in Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia, Yook Heng Lee, Robert B. Steubing, Abdul Hamid Ahmad, BIOTROPICA 25(3): 352-355 (1993)
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0