Adult males are 3.7 to 3.8 m long and weigh 2,200 kg on average. Male Indian rhinoceroses are larger than females on average and also have large neck folds that are absent or reduced in females. Indian rhinoceroses can be distinguished from their African relatives by their folds and the presence of a single horn at the end of the snout, rather than two horns.
#Habitat of one horned rhinoceros skin#
The skin around their folds has a pinkish hue. Their skin has numerous folds around their legs and rears, which gives them the appearance of wearing armor. Indian rhinoceroses are large quadruped mammals with gray-brown skin. Range elevation 0 to 70 m 0.00 to 229.66 ft.Habitat suitability is influenced by food availability, distance from human development, and proximity to bodies of water. Occasionally, Indian rhinoceroses are found in woodlands up to 70 m above sea level, but this habitat is less suitable for Indian rhinoceroses compared to those mentioned previously. Grasslands and eastern seasonal swamp forests are moderately suitable for Indian rhinoceroses, and can be found from 40 to 60 m above sea level. These habitats are found less than 50 m above sea level, within 500 m of a body of water, and more than 200 m away from the nearest roads. Wet alluvial grassland and dry savanna habitats, such as those in Orang National Park, located on the north bank of the Brahmaputra River in northern India, are most suitable for Indian rhinoceroses. Indian rhinoceroses also occasionally use swamp-forests during the rainy season, although they typically stay in alluvial plain grasslands throughout the year. They also live in dry savanna grasslands and eastern Himalayan deciduous forests. They are most frequently observed in wet alluvial plain grasslands and are seen wallowing and bathing in adjacent rivers and pools. Indian rhinoceroses are most commonly found in tropical and temperate regions of southern Nepal and northeast India. There are a total of eight national parks across the northern Indian subcontinent where Indian rhinoceroses live. Kaziranga National Park, located in northern India, hosts the largest population of Indian rhinoceroses compared to other national parks, with over 2,000 individuals. Indian rhinoceroses living in Chitwan National Park, one of the primary conservation regions for their species, have divided into four distinct subpopulations that are separated by physical barriers, such as low mountains and rivers. Most Indian rhinoceroses live within the boundaries of national parks. Today, the geographic distribution of wild Indian rhinoceroses is limited to northeastern India and some parts of southern Nepal. They once lived throughout the northwestern Oriental region and the southeastern Palearctic region, along the Indus River Valley. Indian rhinoceroses ( Rhinoceros unicornis) were historically found across the northern part of the Indian subcontinent - as far west as Pakistan and as far east as Bangladesh.
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