Now, what is left of the species is confined to small areas of forest in Borneo and the large west-Indonesian island of Sumatra. The Sumatran rhino once lived extensively throughout South and Southeast Asia. "The embryo that can be produced from this process can then be implanted to a surrogate Indonesian female mother rhino.” That's all we can do, and try if possible to work with Indonesia," Tuuga stated, according to SBS. "We just have to look after the last remaining rhino. Due to health issues, Iman is unable to become pregnant but is still able to produce eggs. Malaysia has long attempted, with little success, to save the nation’s dying species by using in-vitro fertilization.ĭirector of Sabah Wildlife Department Augustine Tuuga said he and his colleagues would now attempt to breed Iman with a male Sumatran rhino from Indonesia. In the months leading up to his death, Tam had been experiencing kidney and liver issues, Channel News Asia reported. He was initially brought to the reserve after he was found lost in an oil palm plantation in 2008. Tam, who was thought to be 35 years old, lived at Tabin Wildlife Reserve in Sabah state within the island of Borneo. With Tam gone, we now only have Iman left, our last female rhino.” “Our hearts are filled with sadness as we mourn not only the loss of wildlife but the loss of a species. "Today, we bid farewell to Tam, our last surviving male Sumatran rhino,” the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Malaysia said in a Facebook statement.
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