Which of these animals is the smallest rhinoceros?

The Sumatran rhinoceros is the smallest extant rhinoceros species, as well as the one with the most hair. It can be found at very high altitudes in Borneo and Sumatra. Due to habitat loss and poaching, their numbers have declined and it has become the most threatened rhinoceros. About 275 Sumatran rhinos are believed to remain. Sumatran rhinoceros are on the verge of extinction due to loss of habitat and illegal hunting. Once they were spread across South-east Asia, but now they are confined to several parts of Indonesia and Malaysia due to reproductive isolation. Plantations for palm oil have taken out the living areas and led to the eradication of the rhino in Sumatra.

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earlepg

Sumatran rhino is the smallest at less than five feet height and the Javan rhino at less than six feet are the smallest rhinos and come from the same area of islands. The African black rhino is extinct with both smaller ones critically endangered with their ranges, once relatively widespread, drastically reduced.