Greater one-horned rhinoceros
Rhinoceros unicornis
- IUCN status:
- Vulnerable
- Population:
- 4,075
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IUCN Species Survival Commission
Asian Rhino Specialist Group
The expert body of the IUCN Species Survival Commission for all three Asian rhino species. We inform, guide and catalyse conservation action across the rhino range states.
Asia's three rhinoceros species
One species recovering, two on the edge of extinction. All three are the responsibility of a single specialist group, because the science, the expertise and the range states overlap.
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All newsAsian Rhinos newsletter returns after twenty-six years
Number 4 of the AsRSG newsletter is published, reviving a series first launched in 1995 and dormant since 2000.
Seven working groups confirmed for the 2026–2029 quadrennium
The AsRSG's Terms of Reference set out three species working groups and four functional ones, each with a designated Leadership Focal Point.
AsRSG meets Indonesia's Minister of Forestry on rhino recovery
The Chair met Hon. Minister Raja Juli Antoni in Jakarta and delivered the AsRSG briefing note on Sumatran and Javan rhino recovery.
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The AsRSG is a volunteer network that depends on its members, partners and supporters. Modest, catalytic funding lets the group convene expertise across India, Nepal and Indonesia and turn it into action on the ground.
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