 | Spillett, J.J. 1966 The Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary, Assam. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 63 (3): 494-528 |
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Indian Rhino
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| Kaziranga. Rhino are relatively difficult to sex in the field, except in the case of females with young. When a rhino urinates, a keen observer can sex individuals accurately. Other their observing their private parts, there appears to be no fool-proof criterion. However, some claim to be abl... |
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| Spillett, J.J. 1966 The Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary, Assam. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 63 (3): 494-528 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Morphology
Indian Rhino
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| Kaziranga. Rhino are relatively difficult to sex in the field, except in the case of females with young. When a rhino urinates, a keen observer can sex individuals accurately. Other their observing their private parts, there appears to be no fool-proof criterion. However, some claim to be abl... |
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| Spillett, J.J. 1966 The Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary, Assam. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 63 (3): 494-528 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Indian Rhino
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| Almost invariably when a female was accompanied by a calf, other females with calves could be located nearby. On March 14, we observed 5 females within a radius of 200 yards, all accompanied by a young.
On other occasions, up to 20 adult rhino would be tallied at a stretch, then within a relati... |
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| Spillett, J.J. 1966 Laokhowa and other rhino areas in Assam. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 63 (3): 529-534 |
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Behaviour - Fighting
Indian Rhino
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| Three cases of rhino dying as a result of injuries sustained in fighting have been reported from Laokhowa since 1964: an ad. Female in July 1964, a male in Feb. 1965, a male in Nov. 1965. |
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| Spillett, J.J. 1966 The Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary, Assam. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 63 (3): 494-528 |
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Reproduction
Indian Rhino
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| Kaziranga. Calf stays with the mothers for almost 4 years. It appears that the maximum rate of increase in the wild state would be little more than one calf per female every 5-6 years. |
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| Spillett, J.J. 1966 The Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary, Assam. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 63 (3): 494-528 |
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Reproduction
Indian Rhino
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| Kaziranga. The young attain puberty at about 4 ? years of age. |
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| Gee, E.P. 1962 The management of India's national Parks and wildlife sanctuaries. part IV. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 59 (2): 453-485 |
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Indian Rhino
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| Assam Forest Department 1961 Progress report of forest administration in the Province of Assam for the year 1950-51. Shillong, Assam Government Press |
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Indian Rhino
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| Pfeffer, P. 1959 Les sanctuaires naturels de l'Assam. Science et Nature, par la photographie et par l'image no. 33, May-Jun: 19-23, 5 images |
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| Burnett, J.H. 1958 The Manas - Assam's unknown wild life sanctuary. Oryx 4 (5): 322-325 |
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Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Indian Rhino
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| Tigers take their toll of calves and there are stories, some of the most sanguinary nature, of desperate battles between a rhino mother and, on one occasion, two tigers |
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