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The Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary, Assam |
| Author(s): |
Spillett, J.J. |
| Year published: |
1966 |
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Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |
| Volume: |
63 (3) |
| Pages: |
494-528 |
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| File: |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Reproduction
Indian Rhino
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| Kaziranga. Females have heat periods at intervals of 40-50 days. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Ecology - Census Methods
Indian Rhino
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| The nature of the vegetation and the terrain in Kaziranga thwart the use of most methods commonly used to determine wildlife populations.
Counting animals from an airplane was tried on 24 March 1949, but the grass cover was so dense that only a few animals could be counted.
A 6-seater airplan... |
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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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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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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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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
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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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Reproduction
Indian Rhino
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| Kaziranga. The young attain puberty at about 4 ? years of age. |
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The Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary, Assam
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