Indie rhinoceros

Indie rhinoceros[1]
Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in the Kaziranga Naitional Pairk
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Faimily:	Rhinocerotidae
Genus:	Rhinoceros
Species:	R. unicornis
Binomial name
Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Indie rhinoceros range

The Indie rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), an aa criwd the greater ane-horned rhinoceros an Indian ane-horned rhinoceros, belangs tae the Rhinocerotidae faimily. Leetit as a vulnerable species, the lairge mammal is primarily foond in north-eastren Indie's Assam an in pertectit auries in the Terai o Nepal, whaur populations are confined tae the riverine grasslands in the fithills o the Himalayas.^[2]

The Indian rhinoceros ance ranged throughoot the entire stretch o the Indo-Gangetic Plain, but excessive huntin reduced the naitural habitat drastically. Theday, aboot 3,000 rhinos live in the wild, 2,000 o which are foond in Indie's Assam alone.^[3]

It is the fift lairgest land animal.