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Title: Field guide to the key mammal species of Cat Tien National Park
Author(s): Pham Nhat; Nguyen Xuan Dang; Polet, G.
Year published: 2001
Publisher: Hanoi, WWF Cat Tien National Park Conservation Project and Fauna and Flora International - Indochina Programme.
Volume: -
Pages: pp. 1-145
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Ecology - Food
Javan Rhino
Diet consists of shoots, twigs, young foliage, and fruits of numerous species. It depends on salt licks for essential minerals.
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Morphology
Javan Rhino
It has a pointed upper lip.
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Ecology - Population
Javan Rhino
It can travel over long distances within a short period of time.
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Morphology
Javan Rhino
It is dusky grey in colour.
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Asia - East Asia - Vietnam
Distribution - Records
Javan Rhino
This subspecies of Javan rhinoceros occurs only in Cat Tien National Park. Its numbers are very low and decreasing. If no immediate and drastic conservation measures are taken, the world will lose this rhino subspecies in the near future. Presence in Cat Tien NP confirmed by photograph.
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Javan Rhino
The Javan (Vietnamese) Rhinoceros is extremely sensitive to human activity (thus it has become nocturnal).
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Morphology
Javan Rhino
It has a pointed upper lip.
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Asia - East Asia - Vietnam
Morphology - Size
Javan Rhino
Vietnamese Rhinoceros. Weight 650 to 800 kg.
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Morphology
Javan Rhino
It is dusky grey in colour.
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Morphology
Javan Rhino
The rhino has one horn and three folds of skin across its back; one fold of skin in front of its shoulder.
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