Geographical History (IUCN, 2017)
The Javan Rhinos can be traced back to Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Vietnam, and probably southern China through peninsular Malaya to Sumatra and Java.
Since the middle of the nineteenth century till now, the species was reported to have being almost fully eradicated and currently live only in two small isolated areas (Within Vietnam & Java).
The subspecies Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis which originated from northeastern India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar is now extinct.
The subspecies Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus which originated from Vietnam, Lao PDR, Cambodia, and eastern Thailand have being reduced to living in small numbers in the area around the Cat Loc part (Dong Nai province) of the Cat Tien National Park in Vietnam.
The subspecies Rhinoceros sondaicus sondaicus which originated from Thailand through Malaysia, to the islands of Java and Sumatra (Indonesia) have being reduced to living in the area that is now called the Ujung Kulon Peninsula, which forms the westernmost extremity of the island of Java since 1930s.
They are considered lowland species that live only up to 600-1000 m in altitude.
Current Location
It is known that there is an estimate of 40-60 living in the western tip of Java in Ujung Kulon National Park (IUCN, 2017).
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The remaining Javan Rhinos are speculated to be living around the Cat Loc part (Dong Nai province) of the Cat Tien National Park in of Viet Nam, with as few as only 6 remaining (IUCN, 2017).
Source: Google
Known Habitats (IUCN, 2017)
The Javan Rhinos were formerly known to have lived in more open mixed forests, grasslands and on high mountains in larger numbers.
However, they are currently struggling to survive in small numbers in lowland tropical rainforest areas, especially near water bodies.
A logical deduction would be they might not be naturally restricted to living near dense tropical forest water.
So, after learning about the Javan Rhinos, you probably have the question of how did this species actually reached its current critically endangered status? Well, it is time to be enlightened!