The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) is also called greater one-horned rhinoceros and Asian one-horned rhinoceros and belongs to the Rhinocerotidae family. Listed as a vulnerable species, the large mammal is primarily found in parts of north-eastern India and in protected areas in the Terai of Nepal, where populations are confined to the riverine grasslands in the foothills of the Himalayas. Typically weighing between 1,600 to 3,500 kg (3,500 to 7,700 lb), it is the fourth largest land animal.The Indian rhinoceros once ranged throughout the entire stretch of the Indo-Gangetic Plain but excessive hunting reduced their natural habitat drastically. Today, about 3,000 rhinos live in the wild, 2,000 of which are found in India's Assam alone.

The biblical unicorn may have been a wild ox, but the great Indian rhinoceros is similar to a unicorn: it has a single horn, usually about 53 cm long, and it is very hard to find, being

among the rarest mammals in the world today. The Rhino’s horn is not a true horn, but consists of

compressed hair, and the animal prefers to defend itself with its canine teeth with which it can make horrible gashes.

Rhinos became extinct in America long ago, and are becoming much scarcer in other parts of the world, but there are still five species remaining: two in Africa and three in Asia. They are the largest land mammals after the elephant and weigh from

1,800 to 3,600 kg.

Punctuate the Following:the Indian rhinoceros was the first rhinoceros known to

europeans rhinoceros comes from the Greek rhino meaning nose and ceros meaning horn the Indian

rhinoceros is monotypic there are no distinct subspecies rhinoceros unicornis was the type species for the

rhinoceros family first classified by carolus linnaeus in 1758 the Indian rhinoceros was the first rhino widely

known outside its range the first rhino to reach Europe in modern times arrived in Lisbon in may 20, 1515 king manual I of Portugal planned to send the rhinoceros to

pope Leo x but the rhino perished in a shipwreck.

The Indian rhinoceros was the first rhinoceros known to Europeans. Rhinoceros comes from the Greek ‘Rhino’ meaning nose and ‘Ceros ‘ meaning horn .The Indian rhinoceros is monotypic .There are no distinct subspecies .Rhinoceros unicornis was the type species for the rhinoceros family first classified by Carolus Linnaeus in 1758.The Indian rhinoceros was the first rhino widely known outside its range .The first rhino to reach Europe in modern times arrived in Lisbon in may20,1515.King Manual I of Portugal planned to send the rhinoceros to Pope Leo X but the rhino perished in a shipwreck.

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