Little is known of the status of the species in Myanmar. The combination of low numbers and high decline rate may render the Sumatran Rhino as the most critically endangered of all the Rhinoceros species. SIZE Head and body length 236 to 318cm. Height at shoulder 112 to 145cm. A captive specimen lived for 32 years and 8 months.
Favoured foods are wild mangoes, figs, bamboo, and all kinds of plants found in secondary growth.
Cultivated crops are sometimes eaten. Both males and females appear to have territories. Once found from the foothills of the Himalayas in Bhutan and eastern India, through Myanmar, Thailand, and the Malay Peninsula, and on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. There have also been unconfirmed reports of the species in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Loss and fragmentation of habitat.