🦏Indian rhinoceros
The Indian rhinoceros, also known as the greater one-horned rhinoceros, great Indian rhinoceros or Indian rhino, is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent. It is the second largest living rhinoceros and the largest in Asia, with adult males weighing 2.07–2.2 t and adult females 1.6 t. Its thick skin is grey-brown with pinkish skin folds. It has a single horn on its snout that grows up to 57.2–61.6 cm (22.5–24.3 in) long. Its upper legs and shoulders are covered in wart-like bumps, and it is nearly hairless aside from the eyelashes, ear fringes and tail brush.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.
- Body mass
- 1,600 kg
- Body length
- 3.77 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 49 years
Everything we know about the Indian rhinoceros
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1,600 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1,602 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length3.77 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan49 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 44 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length19 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity5.7 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation1.3 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.3 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range4.23 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density6.08 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1,600 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Indian rhinoceros yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPerissodactyla
- ›familyRhinocerotidae
- ›genusRhinoceros
- ›speciesRhinoceros unicornis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderOdd-toed hoofed animals · Perissodactyla
- familyRhinocerotidae
- genusRhinoceros
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderOdd-toed hoofed animals · Perissodactyla
- familyRhinocerotidae
- genusRhinoceros
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