The Javan rhinoceros is often called the rarest large mammal on earth and perhaps the most endangered. |
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Some of the most endangered species in the world are the rhinos, particularly the white and Javan rhinoceroses. |
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Like the closely related larger Indian Rhinoceros, the Javan rhinoceros has only a single horn. |
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Animal life in West Malaysia includes tigers, tapirs and the now rare Javan and Sumatran rhinoceroses. |
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Camera traps placed in the Javan rainforest have captured striking images of beautiful and endangered Javan leopards. |
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The Javan wart snake is found on the coastal regions of India and Ceylon, and also across the Indo-Australian islands as far as the Solomons. |
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The Javan rhinoceros often lies in streams, where small fish and crabs feed on the insects that live on its skin. |
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The hide of the Javan rhinoceros is characterized by large plates of hard tissue joined by thinner, more flexible layers of skin. |
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However, Asian rhinoceros species include the Indian rhinoceroses and the Javan rhinoceroses, each with one horn, and the Sumatran rhinoceroses, which has two horns. |
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Only a few hundred Sumatran rhinos and 70 Javan rhinos remain. |
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The temple is thought to be an entrance to an important complex of buildings long since lost to the corrosive effects of the steamy Javan environment. |
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Tears welled up in his eyes, and Javan let them stream down his cheeks. |
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The chocolates have a Grenadian truffle filling infused with Chinese stem ginger and organic fennel seeds and a Javan shell. |
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Javan rice terraces have existed for more than a millennium, and had supported ancient agricultural kingdoms. |
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Even so, such species as the Javan rhinoceros face extinction, with only a handful of the animals remaining in western Java. |
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