 Reference Base  Further observations on the Great Indian one-horned rhino... |
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Gee, E.P., 1953. Further observations on the Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros (R. unicornis Linn.). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 51 (4): 765-772, pls. 1-2
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam |
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Behaviour - Fighting |
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Indian Rhino |
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In the area of Kohora Grazing and Vasalimari Bheel in Kaziraiiga it has been possible during the cold weather of 1952-53 to observe some ten or twelve rhino, four of which were recognizable and known by name Boorra Goonda, Kan Katta, Romeo and Juliet. These four and others passed and repassed each other within a locality of about 1 ? to 2 miles across. One thing is certain, there is a lot of 'scrapping' going on all the time between rhino, and there are a great number of rhino with scars, torn ears and gashes, the majority of which may be bulls. The possibility of cow rhino also fighting among themselves should not be altogether excluded until further observation has brought more light on the subject.
When I first saw Kan Katta (Torn Ear) at Mihimukh on 14-12-952, this bull rhino bad a torn ear, three gashes on its right flank and a scar on its nose - it had evidently been defeated in battle and had retreated to the edge of the sanctuary. Thereupon the Boorra Goonda, an older bull, gave way without opposition and withdrew half a mile upstream to the east.
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