Indian rhinoceros
species of mammal
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Summary
Indian rhinoceros is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,025 views/month, #645 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Vulnerable[4]
- Parent taxon: Rhinoceros[5]
- Taxon name: Rhinoceros unicornis[6]
- Subclass of: mammal[7]
- Commons category: Rhinoceros unicornis[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Rhinoceros unicornis[9]
- Commons gallery: Rhinoceros unicornis[10]
- Taxon synonym: Rhinoceros indicus[11], Rhinoceros asiaticus[12]
- Has characteristic: viviparity[13]
- Short name: R. unicornis[14]
- Taxon common name: Indian rhinoceros[15], Rinoceronte Unicornio Índico[16], Rhinocéros unicorne de l'Inde[17], Greater One-horned Rhino[18], Great Indian Rhinoceros[19], Indian One-horned Rhinoceros[20], Greater One-horned Rhinoceros[21], Greater Indian Rhinoceros[22], Indisches Panzernashorn[23], nosorożec indyjski[24], nosorożec pancerny[25], 大独角犀[26], rinoceronte indiu[27], rinoceronte-indiano[28]
- Habitat: forest[29]
- Gestation period: 480[30]
- Longest observed lifespan: 43.5[31]
- Sequenced genome URL: https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Rhinoceros_unicornis[32]
- Wildlife Protection Act 1972 (India) schedule: Schedule I (Part I) of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972[33]
- CITES Appendix: Appendix I of CITES[34]
- Litter size: 1[35]
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Identifiers
Indian rhinoceros's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43345[36]. Indian rhinoceros's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9809[37]. Indian rhinoceros's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 129475[38]. Indian rhinoceros's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5220113[39]. Indian rhinoceros's ITIS TSN is recorded as 625005[40].
Why It Matters
Indian rhinoceros has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]