This sub-species of Rhino becomes the second declared extinct this year. Last month the Vietnamese Rhino, a subspecies of the Javan Rhino, was officially listed as extinct. Both species were the victim of habitat loss and poaching. Both were considered conceded to the Chinese rhino horn trade, which has driven the price of horn beyond gold, despite no evidence to suggest the Rhino horn has any value beyond the placebo effect. All of the world 's remaining Rhino species are considered at risk of extinction. All are threatened by the Rhino horn trade. The next Rhino likely to go extinct is the northern white Rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni), a central African subspecies of white Rhino. The Javan Rhino is meanwhile down to less than 40 individuals in Sumatra 's Ujung Kulon National Park.
This is becoming a serious issue in the normal world as well as from a biological world as more species become extinct due to man every year. Ultimately this could have an effect on the entire balance of nature (From a biological point of view) as with less Rhino’s, the food chain is disrupted resulting in an increase of a certain species which could end in an imbalance within the food chain.
Threats and reasons for decline:
The black rhino was formerly found in suitable habitat over most of Africa south of the
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