Fact About Javan Rhino/Javanese Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus)

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Rhinoceros: derived from the Greek rhino, meaning "nose" and ceros, meaning "horn", referring to sondaicus Sunda islands in Indonesia. (Latin-ICUs indicate locations); "Sunda" means "Java".

RHINO HISTORY

Rhino appears at the tertiary era (± 65 million years ago) and consists of five periods:

1. Paleocene period (± 60 - 50 million years ago)
2. Eocene period (± 50-45 million years ago
3. Oligocene period (± 35-25 million years ago)
4. Miocene period (± 25-10 million years ago
5. Pleocene period (± 10 million years ago)

Forest Cat (Felis bengalensis)

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Description of Forest Cat (Felis bengalensis): same size as domestic cats, his body is smooth and short coat color is distinctive, which is brownish yellow with mottled black on the head until the neck rest spotty black-spotted color pattern is completely absent in the cat-other wild cats. The bottom of the belly white with brown spots. Its tail is long, more than half its body length. Cats always seem to roam the forest, alone or in pairs of male and female. Forest Cat (Felis bengalensis) is an animal rainforest.

Bobcat reproductive period of the year with a gestation period of about 70 days. At each birth produced 2-4 pups. Up to 10 days, the kitten can open the eyes of the woods yet. But once you can see, these kittens may soon find themselves prey. Female cats are male assisted in parenting. Forest kittens sex in early adult life when reaching the age of 13 months.

The Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)

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The Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) is an important predator that can maintain the balance of the food chain (food chains) in the forests of Sumatra island, the reduced number of Sumatran Tiger populations impacted Warthog uncontrollably and can be a pest for communities around the forest. Sumatran tiger is an animal rainforest.

Sumatran Tiger Description: The Sumatran tiger has the darkest color among all the other tiger subspecies, the black pattern width and the distance is sometimes tightly attached. Sumatran tiger stripes are thinner than other tiger subspecies. This subspecies also had more beard and mane than other subspecies, mainly male tiger. There is a membrane in between the fingers that make them able to swim. Sumatran tigers are generally nocturnal activity.

The Sumatran tiger is not the usual kind of animals live in groups but a solitary species, ie animals that most of his time living alone, except during mating season or childbearing.

The length of a male Sumatran tiger can reach 2.2 to 2.8 meters, while the females from 2.15 to 2.3 meters. Height is measured from foot to neck the average was 75 cm, but there is also a reach between 80-95 cm, and weighs 130-255 kg. These animals have long fur 8-11 mm, the mane on a male Sumatran tiger measuring 11-13 cm. Feathers on the chin, cheeks, and back of the head shorter. Tail length of about 65-95 cm (Directorate of Nature Conservation, 1986; Hafild and Aniger, 1984; Kahar, 1997; Macdonald, 1986; Mountfort, 1973; Saleh and Kambey, 2003; Sutedja and Taufik, 1993; Suwelo and Somantri, 1978; Treep, 1973).

Okavango Delta Swamp in Botswana

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Okavango is special ecosystem of papyrus layered water ways, knee flood flatlands, shady forest glades, waters lily lagoons and unique savannah grass lands. All this fecundity lies in the middle stretch of sand and hold the largest in the world - the Kalahari Basin. Seen from space as an emerald swirl surrounded by a dry landscape, the Okavango Delta is an incredible source of life in the dry state 80%.