Rhinos of the XXI century

Rhino horn, like fingernails and hairs, is made of keratin. Used in the medicine systems of many Asian countries, from Malaysia and South Korea to India and China, to cure a variety of ailments. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the horn, dissolved in boiling water, is used to treat fever, rheumatism, gout, and other disorders. According to traditional Chinese texts, such as Li Shih-chen's 1597 medical text "Pen Ts' ao Kang Mu", the horn could also cure snakebites, hallucinations, typhoid, headaches, carbuncles, vomiting, food poisoning, and "devil possession".(However, it is not, as commonly believed, prescribed as an aphrodisiac). In Yemen, the rhino horn is used for the handles of curved daggers called jambiya. traditional Rhino world population Northern white rhinoceros (Cerstotherium estimated, 2010 simum cottoni Iydekker, 1908) 5 Javan Rhinoceros (Rhinocerce sondatcus: Deemerset, 1822 Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dtoororhinus sumatrensie; G. Plecher, 1814) 50 Indian Rhinoceros 275 South-western (Rhinocerce unicornie; Linnseus, 1768) Black Rhino Southern white rhinoceros (Caratocherium Bimum simum; Burchall, 1817) (Diceros bicornts blcornts; Linnasus, 1758) 2575 1.922 Bastern Black Rhino 20.161 (Diceros bicornis michaeli; Zulkoweki 19eE) Vietnamese Sunda rhinoceros (Rhinocerce eondaloue annamitious; Heude, 1892) 742 extint poached in 2009 from Cat Tien National Park Southern-central Black Rhino (Diceros bieornis minor; Drummond 1876) Indian Sunda rhinoceros (Rhinocerce sondatcus inermie; Leeson, 1838) Western Black Rhino 2.216 (Dicerce bioornie longipes; Zukoweki 1949) extint extinct poached in 2006 Sources: hap://www.icnredlist.org: WWF_rhino_report_EN-FINAL_251011.: htp://www.theguardian.comfenvironment/2011/oct25/javan-rhino-extinct-vietnam pdj: hrap://www.raffic org/home/2011/10/25/juvan-rhino-extinct-in-viet-nam hml: http://www.pbs.org/wnetinatureirhinoceros-rhino-horw-use-fact-vs-fiction/1178, htps:lafricacheck orgireportsimedical-claims-for-rhino-horn-youre-beter-on-an-aspirin-or-biring-your-nails: http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/pdf_files/117/1178933681 pdj