The Javan Rhino is now extinct in Vietnam according to a conservation group. Genetic analysis of rhino droppings from the last two years have all been from one rhino. This last known rhino was recently found in Vietnam killed with its horn removed by poachers. The desire for rhino horns has greatly increased in the last decade which led to a dramatic decrease in population of many species of rhino. There were originally three species of rhino found in Java. Out of the three, the Javan Rhino is now the last surviving species of rhino in the area. The other two have become extinct do to poaching. They are currently listed as critically endangered because there are fewer than fifty individuals left in the species. The majority of these rhinos are in the Ujung Kulon National Park on Java. However, there habitat is being degraded by an invasive species of palm trees. The survival of this species is now dependant on the control of this invasive palm tree.
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