![]() ![]() The skin can have a maximum thickness of 4 cm the subcutaneous fat is 2-5 cm thick and well supplied with blood, which helps therm-regulation, so that the animal is able to regulate its own body temperature in varying weather conditions. Several prominent folds of skin protect the neck. The Armour plating is actually thick folds of shin. Armour-plating appearance is the most interesting feature of Greater one horn rhino along with itβs horn. It is not used for fighting but for the search of food and foraging for roots. ![]() The horn is pure keratin, has the same structure as the hooves of horses and re-grows if broken. It typically grows around 20 cm long, and weighs up to 2-3 kg. Greater one-horned rhinos have one horn, present in both adult male and female. Males have an average length of 3.1β3.8 meters with a shoulder height of 1.6-2.0 meters, while females have an average length of 3.0β3.4 meters and a shoulder height of 1.4-1.8 meters(6 feet). ![]() It weighs 1800 β 3000 Kg on average, but the largest specimen is known to have weighed around 4000 kg. The males are larger in size than the females. Greater one horned rhino is the largest living species of Rhinoceros, with African White Rhinoceros. Kaziranga National Park in Assam is home to more than 1500 One Horned Rhinoceros. Two Third of the wild population of the species is found in Brahmaputra valley of Assam, North-East India only. But their habitat shrunk due to human influences and now confined to only eastern region of India and Terai region of Nepal. They may have also existed in Myanmar, southern China and Indochina. One-horned rhinos once ranged across the entire northern part of the Indian subcontinent, along the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra River basins, from Pakistan to the Indian-Burmese border, including parts of Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan. The Scientific Name: Rhinoceros Unicornis Where is it found? Its most significant difference to African Rhinoceros is the single horn on its head compared to two horns of the African counterpart. Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros, also known as Indian Rhinoceros, is exclusively found in Assam state of North-East India and in the in the Terai region of Nepal. ![]()
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