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 * http://flickr.com/photos/boilerblues/305431319/sizes/m

This is a baby rhino.

http://flickr.com/photos/digital-kiwi/501892896/sizes/m/

Group Members:** Sean R. and William S.
 * How Will We Work Together:**

baby rhino and parent http://flickr.com/photos/stephenpoff/2153626664/sizes/m/



here are the rhinos at fossil rim wildlife center in dallas, texas http://flickr.com/photos/krazykritter/423736729/sizes/m/

http://flickr.com/photos/khym54/1413459617/sizes/m/

Here is a picture of two rhinos.



http://www.flickr.com/photos/benlei/403603118/sizes/m/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hlk/387772471/sizes/m/
 * Research:**

1. Where does your animal live, and what are its characteristics?Locate your animal’s habitat (Where does it live? Does it migrate?)


 * In Africa in 1960 there were 100,000 rhinos. Today there are approximately 7,500 white rhinos and 2,400 black rhinos that remain in central and southern Africa. There are 2,000 Indian rhinos living in northern India and southern Nepal. There are 100 total Javan rhinos left in the world. 60 of them are believed to be living in Ujong Kulon National Park in Java. The other 40 are in Vietnam. The Sumatran Rhino is almost as rare as the Javan Rhino. They are found on the island of Borneo and Sumatra.**

Include all subspecies or varieties of your animal
 * Black Rhino, Indian Rhino, Javan Rhino, Sumatran Rhino, and White Rhino are the different varieties of the rhinoceros.**

Identify at least 10 characteristics that will give an in-depth, accurate description of your animal


 * The black rhino has two horns. The one in the front is slightly larger than the one in the back, measuring at 1 ft. 8in for the front and 22 inches for the back. It also has a relatively broad snout.

The white rhino has a square lip unlike the black rhino, which can be used to tell them apart. It is also slightly larger than and heavier than the black rhino.

The Indian rhino has one small horn on its snout and it is brownish-gray and is hairless. It has armor plates not as deep as the Javan rhino

The Javan rhino has armor plates, which are actually skin folds and it is solid gray.

The Sumatran rhino has fringed ears and is covered in reddish brown skin with sparse hair.**

2. Where and why is your animal endangered? Locate where it is endangered (might not be endangered in all its habitats) Identify the factors, environmental and/or anthropogenic (caused by man) that cause it to be endangered Provide statistics and other facts related to its endangerment


 * Central and Southern Africa is home to the endangered black and white Rhinos. Nepal is home to the endangered Indian Rhino. Way Kambas National Park is home to Javan and Sumatran Rhinos on the island of Sumatra.

1.Rhinos are hunted by hunters for their horns which contain keratin, which is used in expensive medicines.

2. Sumatran Rhinos live in rain forests. Rain forests are scattered throughout the world so the Sumatran rhino can’t reproduce proficiantly.

3. Rhinos have poor eye sight, so rhinos will panic when their is nothing near them and run into trees or rocks and kill themselves.**

3. Where is your animal in captivity and/or conserved? Locate at least two zoos and/or conservation centers where the animal is held.


 * The Black Rhinos population has dropped 96% since 1970. There was an estimated 65,000 and now there is app. 3,725 black rhinos now living.

The white rhinos population has dropped increasingly also. There are 14,000 white rhinos still alive today.

The Indian Rhino’s population has actually increased from 200 at the 20th century to more than 2,500 thanks to the help of wildlife conservationists in Nepal and India.

The Javan Rhino is the rarest of all the Rhinos with only 60 remaining in captivity at the Ujung Kulon National Park in Java.

The Sumatran rhino’s numbers have decreased by 50% over the past 15 years. There is only 275 Rhinos still living. The Cincinati Zoo has a Sumatran Rhino Exhibit. One of the few zoos in the world to hold a Sumatran Rhino.

San Diego Wild Animal Park and the Ujung Kulon National Park. Africa, Indonesia, India, Nepal, and Vietnam.

Also, there are a few rhinos at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center. I have visited there before, and it is about a one thousand acre property full of conservation of endangered animals along with non endangered animals. People can drive through the wildlife center and feed the animals. It is a beautiful foundation and is very active in helping save the animals.**

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) Identify the experts, leaders, and/or groups guiding the conservation


 * Ujung Kulon. The Javan rhinos are the most endangered rhinos in the world. A lot of work is going towards them by many foundations such as the international rhinoceros foundation.

Nutritional Ecology of the Black Rhinoceros. S. Helary, University of Liege, Belgium.

Programs by the IRF are located in Africa and Asia.**

Outline any research and efforts to conserve the population


 * Indian and Nepal wildlife conservationists have joined together and have actually increased the Rhinos population from 200 in the early 20th century to more than 2,500.

The Cincinnati Zoo has a Sumatran Rhino Exhibit which is one of the most endangered Rhinos in the world.

Here is our Google Earth tour. Explore the world of the Endangered Rhinoceros.**



black rhinos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilF0nU_d0CY
 * Videos

white rhino; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kVBxtUZvY0

indian rhino: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwcdUOV382w

sumatran rhino: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFm8xWmIyF0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2ehNR7jKyE&feature=related

javan rhino: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbqF4AA0Z8U

Bibliography (All Resources Used) http://www.rhinos-irf.org/rhinosincrisis/ ~International Rhino Foundation

http://www.fossilrim.org/index.php

http://www.cincyzoo.org/Exhibits/AnimalExhibits/SumatranRhino/sumatranrhino.html

The Rhinoceros~ by Mary Hull**