#javan rhinos

[antiqueanimals]

Javan rhinoceros. Last Chance on Earth; a Requiem for Wildlife. Roger A. Caras. Illustrated by Charles Fracé. 1966.

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[tuttle-did-it]

Two pieces of good news for the Rhinos: a baby Javan Rhino (the most endangered) has been born!

Also, a two-year-old white rhino had a successful surgery on her broken foot.

[rinusuarez]

Hello! I'm so proud to finally present you the artwork with all the Perissodactyla order including its subspecies (Rhinos, Tapirs, and Horses). Took me more than a year to finish but I am really happy with the result. The artwork includes the common name, its Latin name, and its conservation status. 46 animals in total of which 10 are sadly already extinct.

Here is the link in case you are interested:https://www.inprnt.com/.../all-perissodactyla-species.../

Thank you for your support!

[feather-bone]

[ID: an illustration of a rhino facing to the right, with one foot raised slightly. It is surrounded by ferns on a forest green background. End.]

Javan rhinoceros! Once, they lived from northeast India to Southeast Asia - today they are one of the most endangered land mammals, with under 80 individuals left in Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia.

[arctixout]

bish bosh pt. 2

[endlingmusings]

[ A young, female Javan rhino calf enjoys a mud wallow alongside her mother. ]

"This is the first official announcement of a newborn of the critically endangered species after an investigative report published earlier this year threw into doubt the government’s claims of a steadily growing population. In its report, the nonprofit environmental NGO Auriga Nusantara revealed that 18 rhinos had been missing for years, and at least three of them were confirmed to have died since 2019, yet continued to be listed in the official population count. None of these missing or dead Javan rhinos were publicly announced by either the agency that manages Ujung Kulon National Park or the Indonesian environment ministry. The ministry’s announcement of the newest calf doesn’t give an updated population count — something the ministry typically used to do to bolster its claims of stable population growth for the endemic species. In the last official mention of the Javan rhino population, the ministry said in a press release in September that there were “about” 80 rhinos left, with an average of three births per year. Notably, it didn’t give a death rate. Auriga’s report also highlighted worrying indications that attempted rhino poaching has resumed in Ujung Kulon since 2018, following three decades without reported incidents. It noted the discovery of a snare positioned specifically to catch a large mammal like a rhino or banteng (Bos javanicus), adding that sightings of people carrying firearms and other illegal activities have also been increasing all over the park. Accounts by communities and partner organizations in the Ujung Kulon area have reported seeing poachers entering the coastal park from the sea. Once ranging throughout Southeast Asia, these rhinos have been hunted to near-extinction, with a single population remaining. Since the 2011 death of the last Javan rhino in Vietnam, the critically endangered species now only exists in the Indonesian park at the western tip of Java Island. Javan rhinos face several unique threats, such as an unbalanced sex ratio of about two males for every one female; a lack of genetic diversity within the existing population; the potential for disease transmission from cattle herded by nearby communities; and being confined to a single habitat that’s now nearing its carrying capacity for rhinos and is located in an area prone to natural disasters."

- Excerpt from "Indonesia reports a new Javan rhino calf, but population doubts persist" by Basten Gokkon.

[inatungulates]

Javan rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus sondaicus

Observed by roylesafaris, CC BY-NC

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Wood Engraving Wednesday

Abigail Rorer

I have long been a fan of the work of Massachusetts wood engraver, letterpress printer, and book artist Abigail Rorer (b. 1949). A former student of Barry Moser and inspired by the work of Leonard Baskin, Rorer is a part of what I call the Pioneer Valley School of artists, an interconnected group of artists and artisans who live, work, or trained in the Connecticut River valley region of western Massachusetts, centered in the Amherst/Northampton area.

I am particularly interested in Rorer's attention to detail, precision of mark making, and her fine lines, all of which are evident in this lovely engraving of a Javan Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus). The original, signed print is one of several prints included in the Wood Engravers' Network (WEN) 2022 Printers Bundles sent in the fall to WEN members along with that year's issue of the society's journal Block & Burin. An over 20-year run of both the journal and the bundles was recently donated to Special Collections by Wisconsin WEN member Tony Drehfal.

I selected this print to post not only because Rorer is one of my favorite wood engravers, but also because the rhinoceros is my very favorite mammal (they are exquisite and beautiful!) and it pains me how endangered all species of rhinos are around the world. This print may become among last visual representations of this magnificent being before it is erased from our planet, or more hopefully, it may be one of the images that marks the revival of Rhinocerotidae.

View more posts on work by Abigail Rorer.

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-- MAX, Head of Special Collections

[sandhya17]

Javan Rhino

[bogosbinted]

Ok but like every time I visit the Wikipedia page for one of the classic endangered animals it's almost always like "populations have increased by 20% in the last decade" and idk it really makes me feel like maybe things are gonna get better

[alabaster-raven-illustrations]

The Critical Javan Rhinoceros - 8 x 10 - Acrylic on Canvas

Stay up-to-date on critically endangered species! The Javan Rhinoceros numbers continue to dwindle despite conservation efforts due to the animals' temperament both in and out of captivity. Fortunately, a calf was photographed in the wild just recently, giving many hope!

[thecreatureawaits]

Creature Awaits #212

Each week I plan to feature an amazing creature, admiring God's fantastic artistry. Hopefully it’ll brighten someone’s day to see something new and interesting if they haven’t seen it before. : )

(Taken approx. 1900 A.D, Photographer Unknown (Public Domain Mark 1.0))

The Javan Rhino

Scientific Name: Rhinoceros sondaicus

Region: While their range used to spread from Bhutan and far east India southward through Java, Indonesia, they now only exist in a tiny region of western Java.

Size: About 10' (3m) long and 4.6'–5.6' (1.4m–1.7m) tall at the shoulder

Interesting Notes: Sadly, rarest of all 5 species of Rhinoceros, only about 60-70 are thought to be left in the wild - all located within the Ujung Kulon National Park in Java. They are so endangered that even scientists will rarely seek them out for study as they do not want to risk interfering as they, hopefully, start to regrow their populations. It's also a tricky situation as they do not hold up well in captivity - with the oldest attempted captive rhino living only to age 20, and none ever being able to breed. However, it's not all sad news… Thankfully, very strict conservation laws are finally in place for them, and they do appear to still be breeding in the wild as two adults walking alongside their calves were caught on a motion-triggered camera, so hopefully someday they will thrive again.

[rinusuarez]

The Indian Javan Rhinoceros was often mistaken for the Greater one-horned Rhinoceros due to their coexistence in the 19th century. This can't happen to you. Join the club Here to learn more about animals. By the way, this is the only existing illustration of this animal.

[mindblowingscience]

Global rhinoceros numbers have increased to 27,000 despite populations being ravaged by poaching and habitat loss, new figures show, with some species rebounding for the first time in a decade. Rhinos numbered about 500,000 across Africa and Asia in the 20th century but their populations have been devastated. Last year, they began showing signs of recovery in some areas, although two species – the Javan and Sumatran – remain close to disappearing. Figures released by the IUCN African Rhino Specialist Group, the conservation body, indicate that the global rhino population increased to about 27,000 at the end of last year, with southern white rhino numbers increasing for the first time since 2012, from 15,942 at the end of 2021 to 16,803. In 2021, the world’s rhino population was estimated to be 26,272. Black rhinos, native to east and southern Africa, have been heavily depleted by poaching for their horns but last year increased by nearly 5%, rising from 6,195 at the end of 2021 to 6,487 at the end of 2022. This increase has happened despite a rise in black rhinos killed by poachers, and has been aided by conservationists establishing new populations that have grown in size.

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[asterwild]

that's a wrap on ungulate june! thanks to followers on instagram who provided the suggested species for this little series 🦌

saiga antelope / fallow deer / markhor / caribou / javan rhino / takin / bighorn sheep / bongo / pronghorn / greater kudu / red deer / tibetan antelope / elk / megaloceros