Status & Dispersion of Various Types of Indian Rhinoceros

Vol-4 | Issue-02 | February 2019 | Published Online: 20 February 2019    PDF ( 206 KB )
Author(s)
Sunil Kumar 1; Dr. Ravinder Pal Singh 2

1Research Scholar, Department of Zoology, OPJS University, Rajasthan

2Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, OPJS University, Rajasthan

Abstract

The more noteworthy one-horned (Rhinoceros unicornis) is one of the biggest free going well evolved creatures living on earth. It is described by a solitary enormous nasal horn and intensely fabricated body, alongside odd number of toes in fore and rear appendages, dim darker stow away with skin folds and tubercles. People of more noteworthy one-horned rhinoceros may live upto 70 years (Mukherjee, 1982).The grown-up male people of more noteworthy one-horn rhinoceros may weigh upto 2132 kgs while the heaviness of grown-up females may reach upto 1608 kg (Laurie et al., 1983). At development, the guys achieve tallness upto 6.3 ft while if there should arise an occurrence of the females upto 5.6 ft.

Keywords
Rhinoceros, tubercles
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