Indian rhinoceros

Rhinoceros unicornis · Rhinocerotidae

The Indian rhinoceros, also known as the greater one-horned rhinoceros, great Indian rhinoceros or Indian rhino, is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent. 6 t. Its thick skin is grey-brown with pinkish skin folds.

Where the Indian rhinoceros lives

Recorded in Nepal and India (Asia).

Most records fall in Narayani, Assam, Bheri, Lumbini, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.

See the Indian rhinoceros’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Vulnerable (VU). At risk: it could become endangered. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 1,397 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.