J. Reilly et Spedding Gh",apriawan, PRELIMINARY-OBSERVATIONS ON THE SUMATRAN RHINO IN WAY-KAMBAS-NATIONAL-PARK, INDONESIA, Oryx, 31(2), 1997, pp. 143-150
The Sumatran rhino Dicerorhinus sumatrensis is regarded as critically
endangered with a world population of approximately 400. In 1991 it wa
s recorded in Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia, 30 years a
fter the park's last rhino was believed to have been shot. A Sumatran
Rhino Population and Habitat Viability Analysis (PHVA) workshop in 199
3 recommended an immediate survey be carried out to assess the rhino p
opulation in the park. The Way Kambas Project recorded observations of
rhino sign between 1993 and 1995. Sign teas most frequently observed
along trails in mature secondary forest. Data from the areas surveyed
suggest the presence of at least four rhinos.