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Reference Base  Further observations on the Great Indian one-horned rhino... |
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| Title: |
Further observations on the Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros (R. unicornis Linn.) |
| Author(s): |
Gee, E.P. |
| Year published: |
1953 |
| Journal: |
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |
| Volume: |
51 (4) |
| Pages: |
765-772, pls. 1-2 |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Diseases - Parasites
Indian Rhino
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| A new-born calf left by mother overnight was found with 6 leeches on it but no blood. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
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| Calf 2 weeks old in Kaziranga, height 1 ft 10 in. |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Morphology
Indian Rhino
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| Kaziranga - calf 2 weeks old. It was pinkish colour, had no tushes and no teeth. |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Morphology - Size
Indian Rhino
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| Old male 'Boorra Goonda', died June 1953, height at shoulder 5 ft 9 in. |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Reproduction
Indian Rhino
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| Kaziranga. Three days previously, the Range Officer when conducting the American Consul General round the sanctuary, saw the same pair running and playing between themselves and making a whistling like sound, the female passing urine at short and frequent intervals. Both these rhinos rushed tow... |
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Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Indian Rhino
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| I myself was present at the capture in 1949 of a young female rhino, caught in a pit for the Cairo Zoo. It uttered deafening cries, to be answered by its mother in the distance. During the last cold weather in Kaziranga some interesting obser- vations go to show that a whistling noise is made b... |
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Reproduction
Indian Rhino
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| I am not fully convinced that there is any such fixed mating season, Feb-April, as very few people visit the sanctuary during the monsoon May-Sept. Mating may not be confined to the spring months. Pairs were seen twice in August 1953. I am now inclined to believe that the main mating season is... |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Morphology
Indian Rhino
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| Kaziranga - calf 2 weeks old. It was pinkish colour, had no tushes and no teeth. |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Indian Rhino
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| From personal observations made in Kaziranga since 1939 I have found that, although the rhino is not actually a gregarious animal, there are certain conditions other than sexual which bring them frequently together. At the time when the areas of burnt-off grass produce tender green shoots in the... |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Behaviour - Towards Man
Indian Rhino
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| The two rhino named Romeo and Juliet were twice involved in an attack against humans. Firstly on 7-2-1953 E. R. Dungan was taking cine shots of these two rhino as they were playing, courting and. chasing one another. With him were two companions, one of was the Assistant Conservator of Forests ... |
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