Critter News

DECEMBER 29, 2008

A breeding program in Malaysia will attempt to breed a rescued Borneo Sumatran rhino in order to save the endangered species. Experts cannot confirm how many Borneo Sumatran rhinos remain in the wild, but estimates range from 10 to 30 individuals, many of them isolated from others in their species.

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Rhinos Malaysia Species Wildlife Reserve 100

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

The Black Rhino was also a widespread African denizen occurring throughout the continent, even into desert areas. Seekers of the game-viewing Big Five have more recently relaxed their criteria and generally either Black or White Rhino is counted as a member of the Big Five. In Asia they are even commonly kept as pets!

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 213

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MARCH 3, 2016

Asia: Indeed, some 150 meters away, four males of the Great Indian Bustard are semi-displaying – more than one per cent of the surviving population! Asia: We wait on the top of the hillock crossed by a barbed wire fence and topped by a scarecrow. 10000birds.com/is-my-rhino-still-alive.htm. 10000birds.com/shadows-of-africa.htm.

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Wildlife Tigers Asia Europe 185

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Hence, for the rest of the world, I lowered my threshold to 400 and that worked well in Africa, but I soon discovered that for Asia I need to go further down, to 300. In this first part, I’ll focus on continental Asia, its south and south-east (Oriental region). Other than that, there are barely a few hotspots with over 500 species.

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Asia Malaysia Papua New Guinea Thailand 276

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JANUARY 14, 2021

This is the second post in the Birding crème de la crème series (the first, focused on southern Asia, is here ). Also, the lake is the most reliable place for both Black and White Rhinos in the whole of East Africa. Roger Tory Peterson called it “the most fabulous bird spectacle in the world”.

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Africa Kenya Uganda Tanzania 213