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Indian Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Perissodactyla - odd-toed ungulates »  family Rhinocerotidae - rhinoceroses

Scientific synonyms

Rhinoceros asiaticus Blumenbach, 1830
Rhinoceros indicus Cuvier, 1814
Rhinoceros jamrachii Clater, 1876
Rhinoceros stenocephalus Gray, 1868

Other names

= Asian Greater One-homed Rhinoceros
= Great Indian Rhinoceros

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IUCN category:Vulnerable

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Rhinoceros unicornis - Indian Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros unicornis - Indian Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros unicornis - Indian Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros unicornis - Indian Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros unicornis - Indian Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros unicornis - Indian Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros unicornis - Indian Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros unicornis - Indian Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros unicornis - Indian Rhinoceros

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Taxon in country check-lists

Bangladesh†, Bhutan†, India, Nepal, Pakistan†
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Related glossary terms

female with young
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Links and literature

EN ARKive [/indian-rhinoceros/rhinoceros-unicornis/]
ARKive [http://www.arkive.org]
Data retrieved on: 2010/12/16
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [19496] [as Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus, 1758]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26
EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus, 1758]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus, 1758]
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† species extinct in area described by check-list



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