The rarest and smallest species of rhinoceros, the Sumatran rhino (dubbed “hairy rhino” for its unique brown fur coat), has been declared extinct in Malaysia: a country that was once part of its primary habitat. Since 2007, only two Sumatran rhino females have been sighted in Malaysia—one in 2011 and one in 2014—and both were captured for captive breeding. A lack of accurate population surveys in much of the rhino’s historical range across Southeast Asia has left researchers without an accurate estimate of how many Sumatran rhinos remain in the wild.
Link: Yahoo! News