The {great} one horn Rhinoceros 10 important facts
The {great} one horn Rhinoceros 10 important facts-
Rhino Poaching Cases in Kaziranga National Park from 2009-2019.
The Indian rhinoceros, also called the greater one-horned rhinoceros and great Indian rhinoceros, is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, as populations are fragmented and restricted to less than 20,000 km².
Scientific name: Rhinoceros unicornis
Lifespan: 35 – 45 years (In the wild)
Order: Perissodactyla
Speed: 55 km/h (Maximum, Running)
Mass: Male: 2,200 kg (Basel Zoo population), Female: 1,600 kg (Basel Zoo population)
Height: Male: 1.6 – 1.9 m (At Shoulder), Female: 1.5 – 1.7 m (At Shoulder).
1} The strict protection and management from Indian and Nepalese wildlife authorities, the greater one-horned rhino was brought back from the brink. today populations have increased to around 3,500 rhinos in northeastern India and the Terai grasslands of Nepal.
2} Grazing in flood plain areas, greater one-horned rhinoceroses have prehensile lips that are specially adapted to grasp the grass they eat. They occasionally eat leaves, fruit, and crops as well.
3} In RRA, rhinos prefer to breed between the months of March to June and most of the calves were born between the months of July to October.
4} Rhinoceroses are large, herbivorous mammals identified by their characteristic horned snouts. The word "rhinoceros" comes from the Greek "rhino" (nose) and "ceros" (horn). There are five species and 11 subspecies of rhino; some have two horns, while others have one.
5} Because the animals' horns are used in folk medicine for their supposed healing properties, rhinos have been hunted nearly to extinction. Their horns are sometimes sold as trophies or decorations, but more often they are ground up and used in traditional Chinese medicine. The powder is often added to food or brewed in a tea in the belief that the horns are a powerful aphrodisiac, a hangover cure and treatment for fever, rheumatism, gout and other disorders, according to the . International Rhino foundation.
6} Indian or greater one-horned rhinos use their long lower canine teeth, not their horns, in aggressive or defensive encounters. They are capable of inflicting serious damage to other rhinos, animals and humans with these weapons.
7} The horns are made of keratin, the same type of protein that makes up hair and fingernails. Both African species and the Sumatran rhinoceros have two horns, while the Indian and Javan rhinoceros have a single horn.
8} With the highest number of one-horned rhinos, there have been a constant threat of poaching in Kaziranga National Park (a UNESCO World Heritage Site).
Rhino Poaching Cases in Kaziranga National Park from 2009-2019.
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