Javan rhinoceros skeleton found at Kuiburi national park

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Javan rhinoceros skeleton found at Kuiburi national park



HUA HIN: -- Kuiburi national park rangers in Prachuap Khiri Khan province said they have found skeleton of a rare Javan rhinoceros which went extinct from the country many decades ago.

Chief of the marine resources conservation of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources Mr Wan Chatree said as the park rangers were on a field inspection of the Khao Kwang coastal area in Kuiburi, they were informed by villagers that they found a big skull of a large animal in the bottom of the sea about 100 metres from the shore.

They went to inspect and initially they suspected the skull might be that of the Javan rhinoceros, which is among 15 species that went extinct from Thailand many decades ago.

They based the assumption on the finding on March 24, 2554 of a Javan rhinoceros skeleton at Sam Roi Yod national park.

He said the Javan rhinoceros is among 15 species who were extinct from Thailand wilderness.

Three skeletons are now kept at the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, at Nonthaburi animal park museum, and Khao Sam Roi Yod national park.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/158282

-- Thai PBS 2016-04-05