Rhinoceros+Period+3


 * Rhinos Are Endangered Because of Vicious Poaching

Group Members:**Jordan Pakula and Griffin Medendorp


 * How Will We Work Together:** We will effectively spend our class periods working on our wiki research and meet together each day to exchange our info on our flash drives. Once research is done on our word doc., it will be put on the actual wikispce and then used to create a google earth tour.

1. Where does your animal live, and what are its characteristics?

Locate your animal’s habitat (Where does it live? Does it migrate?) • Africa Plains • Indonesia (Ujung Kulon National Park,) • Vietnam • Malaysia • South Africa

Include all subspecies or varieties of your animal. • African- Diceros bicornis (black) • African- Ceratotherium simum (white) • Asian- (Sumatran) • Asian- Rhinoceros unicornis (one-horned rhino) • Indonesian-Rhinoceros sondaicus (Javan) Lastly, in Northern Europe and Eastern Russia, The extinct Woolly Rhino

Identify at least 10 characteristics that will give an in-depth, accurate description of your animal • 1300-6000 lbs • Grazers • Horned, usually 2 • 3-6.5 feet tall at the shoulder • 6-15 feet long • Usually relatively broad snouts • If 2 horns, front is longer • Moderately Long-Lived • Most females social, most males solitary • Moderately territorial

2. Where and why is your animal endangered?

Locate where it is endangered (might not be endangered in all its habitats) • All species of Rhinos except the Southern White Rhino are endangered in every habitat • Areas include Africa and Asia, primarily the African plains, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the island of Java in Indonesia

Identify the factors, environmental and/or anthropogenic (caused by man) that cause it to be endangered • Poaching • Moderately slow reproduction Provide statistics and other facts related to its endangerment • Between 1970 and 1992 the population of Black Rhinos dropped by 96%. • There are 3725 Black Rhinos, 2619 One-Horned Rhinos, 40-60 Javan, and 275 Sumatran Rhinos surviving

3. Where is your animal in captivity and/or conserved?

Locate at least two zoos and/or conservation centers where the animal is held. • Bush Gardens Tampa Bay, FL • San Diego Zoo • Houston Zoo • Zoo Atlanta • Erie Zoo • Fossil Rim Wildlife Center

4. What is being done to restore your animal’s populations? Where is it being done?

Locate where research is done on your animal and where efforts are underway to conserve its population (Note: It may be that this is done at the same location(s) you identified in #3 • IRF has worked with and supported conservationists to protect rhinos in Zimbabwe (National Parks), Kenya (Chyulu Hills), Tanzania (Selous), and Botswana • The Rhino Conservation Medicine Program works to provide proper rhino medical care around the world

Identify the experts, leaders, and/or groups guiding the conservation • Sujoy Banerjee,_Director of the International Rhino Foundation, • Rhino Protection Units

Outline any research and efforts to conserve the population

• IRF provides technical support for population mangement • Rhino Protection Units physically protect rhinos from harm.

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Bibliography (All Resources Used)** Book-Encyclopedia of Mammals, Dr. Edwin Gould International Rhino Foundation- http://www.rhinos-irf.org/ Youtube-Youtube.com Flickr-Flickr.com/creativecommons

Google Earth Tour-