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Lahan, P.; Sonowal, R.N., 1973. Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary, Assam: a brief description and report on the census of large animals (March 1972). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 70 (2): 245-278, tables 1-6
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Indian Rhino |
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In a population of 658 rhinos there were 67 adult females with. calves less than one year old. That is 10.2 % of the total population were calves less than one year old representing the annual rate of calving. Again out of 188 adult females 67 were with calves. That is 35.6 % of the total adult female population were accompanied by calves.
It is not difficult to differentiate between one year old and two year old calves in the field. Yet possibility of error in some marginal cases cannot be ruled out. The calves generally accompany the mother up to 3 years and in some cases till the next calf is born. But the be- haviour of a very young calf and its mother and that of a grown up calf and its mother are quite different and can be easily distinguished.
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