Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) Indian rhinoceros in Kaziranga Tiger Reserve, Assam, India
Date 9 April 2008, 11:22:56
Author A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ajtjohnsingh
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhinos_in_KazirangaTR_AJT_Johnsingh.jpg
The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also called the greater one-horned rhinoceros and great Indian rhinoceros, is a rhinoceros native to the Indian subcontinent. The Indian rhinoceros once ranged throughout the entire stretch of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, but excessive hunting and agricultural development reduced their range drastically to 11 sites in northern India and southern Nepal.
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Rhinoceros
Species: Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus, 1758
