WEIGHT:
The Javan rhino weighs 1500 - 2000 kg.
Habitat:
The Javan rhino prefers tall grass and reed
beds in dense lowland rain forests with a good
supply of water and plentiful mud wallows. It
now occupies hilly areas up to 2000 m (6550'),
but this may be a result of being driven into
suboptimal upland habitats due to the pressure
of human settlement in lowland areas. In Vietnam
it occurs on very steep hills covered with thick
bamboo and rattan stands.
GestationPeriod:
16 months.
Birth Season:
Between the end of February and the end
of April.
Birth Rate:
One calf is born at a time. The time between
births is probably at least 3 years.
Horn:
It
is generally believed that only the males have
a small horn. The horn is
actually a dense formation of hair; it is not
bone.
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