header: Sumatran Rhinoceros
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line Dicerorhinus sumatrensis ( Fischer, 1814 )

CAPTIVE BREEDING

A global captive breeding programme is already being developed under the auspices of the Singapore proposals, adopted by the IUCN/Species Survival Commission (SSC) Asian Rhinoceros Specialist Group and IUCN in 1984.6 An ini tiative to capture the remaining population of the Sumatran Rhinoceros in Sabah and establish a captive breeding programme6 was started in 1989. Furthermore, the establishment of a captive breeding programme is underway in B ogor, west Java, co-ordinated by the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria (AAZPA) and the Howletts and Port Lympe Zoo in the U.K., with captive breeding envisaged in Indonesia, the U.K. and the USA.13 The In ternational Zoo Yearbook records 11 Sumatran Rhinoceros held in 6 collections. None is believed to be captive bred. An International Studbook is maintained for this species.


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