Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) Clara the Rhinoceros (detail). Etching by Ridinger, 1748
Author: Johann Elias Ridinger (1698 – 1767)
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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.
