Iman is the last wild Sumatran rhino to have been found in Malaysia. She was captured in Danum Valley and safely transported to the Borneo Rhino Sanctuary in March 2014. This half-tonne female suffers from severe fibroids in her uterus but she retains her oestrus cycle and has so far supplied ten eggs towards the first experimental attempts at in-vitro fertilization in efforts to save her species. Despite her poor health, she is the noisiest and most excitable of the three rhinos in BORA’s care.

Puntung was a 20-year-old female rhino weighing about 520 kg. Puntung is the Malay word for ‘stub’, an apt name as she lacked a front left foot. It is likely that it was torn off in a hunter’s snare trap when she was an infant. Against all odds, the damaged leg was able to heal. Puntung was perhaps the most endearing of the three rhinos being cared for at the Sanctuary  because of gentle nature. Puntung passed away on 4 June 2017 and is deeply missed.

Tam, which is short for Kertam, is a 650 kg Sumatran rhino. He is the last living male representative of Malaysia’s most endangered animal. The fossil record indicates that this rhino genus (Dicerorhinus) has been around for over 20 million years making it one of the world’s most ancient mammal species.

Tam is approaching 30 years old, late middle age for a rhino. He is a mild-mannered animal and enjoys having his belly rubbed and spending hours lazing in his mud wallow. He eats over 50 kg of fresh forest leaves which are gathered from his rainforest home daily and he loves snacking on his favourite fruit – bananas!