The Sumatran Rhino is the smallest of the living rhinoceroses, with a body length of between 240 and 320 cm, shoulder
height of up to 145 cm and weight up to 1,000 kg. It is dark grey-brown in colour, and is the only Asian Rhinoceros with
two horns. The frontal horn is generally under a foot long, while the posterior horn is often quite small, especially in
females from which it often appears to be missing. Calves are born with a dense covering of hair. In young adults the
hair turns reddish brown in colour, before becoming sparse, bristly and black in older animals. . . .
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