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or Javan rhino
: a small, endangered, one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) of southeastern Asia that has deeply folded skin and is now reduced to a single, small population in Java
called also lesser one-horned rhinoceros
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The Javan rhinoceros is a critically endangered animal, living on only one island of Indonesia with only a few dozen adults in the wild today, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
Last are the mammals, from the mightiest Javan rhinoceros to the meekest mountain pygmy possum.
—David Allen, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
Last are the mammals, from the mightiest Javan rhinoceros to the meekest mountain pygmy possum.
—David Allen, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
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“Javan rhinoceros.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Javan%20rhinoceros. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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