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Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
| Subject: | Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
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Date: 2008:04:09 11:22:56
Camera: DMC-FZ18 (Panasonic)
F number: f/5.6
Exposure: 10/4000 sec
Focal Length: 828/10
Upload Date: 2017:04:27 17:28:27
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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
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Scientific Name: Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Common Names: Indian Rhinoceros, Greater One-horned Rhino, Great Indian Rhinoceros; [French] Rhinocéros unicorne de l'Inde; [Spanish] Rinoceronte Unicornio Índico
Synonyms:
Rhinoceros asiaticus Blumenbach, 1797
Rhinoceros indicus G. Cuvier, 1816
Rhinoceros jamrachi Jamrach, 1875
Rhinoceros stenocephalus Gray, 1868
Rhinoceros rugosus Blumenbach, 1779 |
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