Friday, 24 April 2015

Nepalese Rhino

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The Indian rhinoceros, also called the greater one-horned rhinoceros and Indian one-horned rhinoceros, belongs to the family Rhinocerotidae. Listed as a vulnerable species, the large mammal is primarily found in India's Assam, West Bengal and in protected areas in the Terai of Nepal, where populations are confined to the riverine grasslands in the foothills of the Himalayas.
The Indian rhinoceros once ranged throughout the entire stretch of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, but excessive hunting reduced their range drastically. Today, more than 3,000 rhinos live in the wild.In 2014, 2,544 of which are found in India's Assam alone, an increase by 27 percent since 2006, although in early the 1900s, Assam had about 200 rhinos only.
It is the fifth largest land animal.

Wow I didn't know there were rhinos in Nepal and India. In Borneo we have rhinos too
which sadly are a Critically Endangered Species, with unsure numbers of the current 
wild population,perhaps the last rhinos that we have are the two in captivity. People fawn and 
do so much for the pandas due to their cuddly cuteness but hardly spare a thought for the rhinos,sharks,and blue fin tuna. 

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