 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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Reproduction |
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Indian Rhino |
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Kaziranga. A fifth case of rhino actually mating was observed in Kaziranga by L. Rynjah, the Divisional Forest Officer, and R. C. Das, the Range Officer. On 10 March 1953, at 4 pm, they came across a pair mating. L. Rynjah has described the incident as follows: 'The female standing as usual and the male on the top of her back like the mating of buffaloes. We first saw them from a distance as the grass all around has been burnt and we approached quite near to them and they did not seem to mind us. We watched them for about half-an-hour. When they finished they separated as other animals do and grazed again together 'nearby'.This probably was the pair which I had christened Romeo and Juliet.
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