309. Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest, 1822

Common name: Javan Rhinoceros

Myanmar name:

Distribution: This species once distributed in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and probably Southern China through peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra and Java in the mid nineteenth century (Groves 1967). In Myanmar, formerly distributed in Southern Myanmar and the last known record is two individuals that occurred in Dawei Township area on the Myanmar-Thailand border in 1962.

Remarks: This species is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN and a completely protected species of Myanmar.