Portal:Indonesia/POTW/25, 2010



Two Sumatran Rhinoceroses (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), Emi and her cub Harapan, in the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, the only place in the world to successfully breed the critically endangered species in captivity. It is now estimated that fewer than 275 Sumatran Rhinoceroses remain in the wild due to illegal poaching and destruction of its rainforest habitat. Most remaining habitat is in inaccessible mountainous areas of Indonesia.

Photo credit: Charles W. Hardin