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The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also known as the greater one-horned rhinoceros, great Indian rhinoceros or Indian rhino, is a species of rhinoceros found in the Indian subcontinent. It is the second largest living rhinoceros species, with adult males weighing 2.07–2.2 t (2.04–2.17 long tons; 2.28–2.43 short tons) and adult ...
The Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus) once roamed across many countries in Southeast Asia. ... the same for the greater one-horned rhino. Javan rhinos are herbivores and eat plants. Their diet ...
The Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), Javan rhino, Sunda rhinoceros or lesser one-horned rhinoceros is a critically endangered member of the genus Rhinoceros, of the rhinoceros family, Rhinocerotidae, and one of the five remaining extant rhinoceros species across South Asia and Africa.
Rhinoceros is a genus comprising one-horned rhinoceroses. This scientific name was proposed by Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. [ 1 ] The genus contains two species, the Indian rhinoceros ( Rhinoceros unicornis ) and the Javan rhinoceros ( Rhinoceros sondaicus ).
More than 150 animals, nine of them rare one-horned rhinoceros, have drowned in floods at the Kaziranga National Park in India's northeastern state of Assam, authorities said. Assam is grappling ...
A rare greater one-horned rhino calf was born at Chester Zoo.Fewer than 3,000 one-horned rhinos are left in the wild as the species is under immense pressure from poaching and habitat loss.Source ...
A rhinoceros (/ r aɪ ˈ n ɒ s ər ə s / ry-NOSS-ə-rəss; from Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs) 'nose-horned'; from ῥίς (rhis) 'nose' and κέρας (kéras) 'horn'; [1] pl.: rhinoceros or rhinoceroses), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates (perissodactyls) in the family ...
The main attraction of the park is the Indian one-horned rhinoceros. The park holds the largest rhino population in India after Kaziranga National Park in Assam. Other animals in the park include Indian leopard , Indian elephant , sambar , barking deer , chital , hog deer , wild boar and gaur .