Indian Rhinoceros

Indian Rhinoceros Physical Characteristics

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Perissodactyla

Family: Rhinocerotidae

Genus: Rhinoceros

Scientific Name: Rhinoceros Unicornis

Type: Mammal

Diet: Herbivore

Size (L): 1.7m - 2m (5.6ft - 6.6ft)

Weight: 2,200kg - 3,000kg (4,900lbs - 6,600lbs)

Top Speed: 42km/h (30mph)

Lifespan: 45-50 years

Lifestyle: Solitary

Conservation Status: Endangered

Colour: Brown, Grey, Black

Skin Type: Leather

Favourite Food: Grass

Habitat: Tropical bushland, grassland and savannas

Average Litter Size: 1

Main Prey: Grass, Fruit, Berries, Leaves

Predators: Human, Wild cats

Special Features: Hard, thick skin and only one horn

The Indian rhinoceros (otherwise called the incredible one-horned rhinoceros and the Asian one-horned rhinoceros) is a little types of rhinoceros local to parts of India and Nepal. The Indian rhinoceros gets its regular name from the way that it just has one horn as opposed to two. 

Verifiably, the Indian rhinoceros had a huge range crosswise over northern India however today that extend has been radically diminished because of intemperate chasing. The Indian rhinoceros is currently bound to the tall prairies and timberlands that encompass the Himalayas Mountain extend. 

The Indian rhinoceros is one of the littler rhinoceros species, thought to be most firmly identified with the Javan rhinoceros. The Indian rhinoceros has one horn which it utilizes for barrier, terrorizing, uncovering roots and breaking branches amid bolstering. The horn of the Indian rhinoceros is produced using a substance called keratin and is along these lines extremely solid. The horn of the Indian rhinoceros is utilized in old drug and numerous Indian rhinos have been unlawfully poached for them. 

The Indian rhinoceros has generally poor visual perception, depending more on hearing and smell to identify what is happening around them. The ears of the Indian rhinoceros have a generally wide rotational range to distinguish sounds and a magnificent feeling of smell to promptly aware them of the nearness of predators. 

The Indian rhinoceros is a herbivorous creature implying that it supports itself on an absolutely plant based eating routine. Indian rhinos peruse the thickly vegetated sub-tropical backwoods for leaves, blooms, buds, natural products, berries and roots which they uncover starting from the earliest stage their horns. 

Because of its expansive size, the Indian rhino's solitary genuine predator in the wild are extensive wild felines, for example, tigers that will go after the Indian rhino calves and powerless people. People are the greatest danger to the Indian rhinoceros as they have been chased to the verge of elimination for their horns. 

The Indian rhinoceros is a single creature and just meets up with other Indian rhinos to mate. The female Indian rhinoceros brings forth a solitary calf after an incubation period that is over a year long. The Indian rhinoceros calf stays with its mom until it is no less than 2 years of age and sufficiently huge to end up autonomous. 

Today, the Indian rhinoceros is a jeopardized creature and has been pushed into just a little division of its recorded region by human seekers and deforestation. There are believed to be around 3,000 Indian rhinoceros people left in the wild, 66% of which are accepted to be in the Assam area of India.