|
HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER PERISSODACTYLA
--> FAMILY Rhinocerotidae
--> GENUS Rhinoceros
SPECIES Rhinoceros unicornis
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 56. | | Common Name: | Indian Rhinoceros | | Type Locality: | "Habitat in Africa, India", now identified as India, Assam, Terai. | | Distribution: | Within the present millennium, Indus Valley (Pakistan) east in N India to Assam and N Burma. Survives in India (Assam, West Bengal), Nepal, and possibly N Burma. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered. | | Comments: | Reviewed by Laurie et al. (1983, Mammalian Species, 211). |
|
| Offspring: | Synonyms:
asiaticus Blumenbach, 1797
bengalensis Kourist, 1970
indicus G. Cuvier, 1816
jamrachi Jamrach, 1875
stenocephalus Gray, 1868
|
|
|
