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The anthropization of the territory by the humans is the cause of this. The second issue is the reduction of their habitat. And is even the material compose the human nails. Keratin is the material who compose the rhino horn. But some populations again think in the creatine there is magic or medical properties. We went to the moon and we are near to go to Mars. He is killed sometimes for sport but most times for the horn. Just the humans are the issue of the Indian rhinoceros. There is some evidence that it does not happen before 15 years old. So the young rhino needs to wait the time when they can win the battle with the old rhino. For the male, it is a bit more complicated. The calf will stay with the mother around four years.Īt six years age the female start to mate. And between one and the other will pass at least four or five years. During the fighting, he prefers to use the incisor teeth.įemale have a gestation of around 15 months. Different to the African rhinoceros, he doesn’t use in fighting. Folds are more developed on the male’s neck.
Indian rhinoceros skin#
The skin of the Indian rhinoceros is gray and with many folds. Like his African relatives.ĭid you know? when he defecates he prefers to do near big piles of dung. Sometimes his aggressivity explodes because of this. At the opposite, he doesn’t have a good view. Hence it is not simple to approach him without being discovered. The Indian rhinoceros has a well-developed smell. Sometimes this fights end with the death of one of the fighters. In the mating season, there are bloody fights among males. They live in small groups just in the mating season. He is a solitary animal, the female more than male. Lifestyle: By Alison Wheeler CC BY-SA 2.5 Commons This structure is not a real defensive weapon, it is used only in territorial skirmishes between males, the real defense weapon is represented by canines up to 9 cm long. In most adults the horn reaches a length of 25 centimeters.
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It consists of pure keratin like human nails and begins to develop around 6 years of age. The Indian rhinoceros has a single horn, generally black in color. The hight at the shoulder is 170 to 190 cm for males and 150 to 170 cm for females. While the females are between 310 to 340 cm The males body length is around 360 to 390 cm. While for females is between 1.5 to 1.8 tons. The weight range of the Indian rhinoceros is for the male between 2.2 to 2.6 tons. The dimension is just a little bit smaller than African rhinoceros. Where he can find easily abundance of grass and water. He prefers to stay in the grasslands near the river. But even the forests on the hills near the Himalaya range. Currently, he lives in North-West India and Nepal. The Indian rhinoceros had seen progressively reduced his territory. Today of the 30 rhino species, 5 remain living in Asia and Africa. Link to Red List page: Red List pageof Indian rhinoceros IUCN red list classification as vulnerable Where to find: Indian Rhinoceros The Greater One-Horned RhinocerosĮnglish name: Indian Rhinoceros, Greater One-horned Rhino, Great Indian Rhinoceros