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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 ...
These two descriptions leave no doubt that the Indian Rhinoceros is the basis for the animal. [2] But the future confusion between the rhinoceros and the unicorn was already in the making since the Persian language uses the same word, karkadann , for the mythological animal as it does for the rhinoceros, and this confusion is evident also in ...
Two rhinoceros species are extinct within the Indian region, but the remaining species, the Indian rhinoceros ... Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
A Kent safari park is the first in Europe where visitors can meet and even feed three species of rhino in one visit. Port Lympne Reserve near Hythe welcomed an Indian rhino, a five-year-old male ...
Dürer's Rhinoceros is the name commonly given to a woodcut executed by German artist Albrecht Dürer in 1515. [a] Dürer never saw the actual rhinoceros, which was the first living example seen in Europe since Roman times. Instead the image is based on an anonymous written description and brief sketch of an Indian rhinoceros brought to Lisbon ...
A baby Indian rhinoceros was born at the animal facility on Jan. 6, adding a new member to the endangered species’ global population. This marks the first time the species of rhino has been born ...
A rhinoceros grazing at Kaziranga National Park. Kaziranga National Park is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in India.The park contains significant breeding populations of more than 35 mammalian species, [1] out of which 15 are threatened according to the IUCN Red List.
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