TNPSC Thervupettagam

Indian Rhinoceros population

April 5 , 2022 762 days 649 0
  • The population of the greater one-horned or Indian rhinoceros in the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve has increased by 200 in four years.
  • The last rhino census conducted in 2018 had put the number at 2,413.
  • The Indian rhinoceros is also called the greater one-horned rhinoceros and great Indian rhinoceros.
  • It is a rhinoceros native to the Indian subcontinent.
  • It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List and as a Schedule I animal in the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

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