Northern Sumatran Rhinoceros
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| Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis Buckland, 1876 |
The Northern Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis) was a subspecies of the Sumatran Rhinoceros. It is now extinct. They were browsers and lived in rainforest, and mountain habitat. Formerly it roamed in India and Bangladesh but it is now confirmed they are extinct in these areas. Although it is possible that there still exists a small population of these rhinos in Myanmar. Their demise came as a result of habitat descrution in the rainforest, the illegal poaching of these rhinos for their horns, and the hunting of them for sport.
[edit] References
http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/6554/summ
http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/6554/dist
