Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus 1758

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Perissodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 629-636 : 636

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Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 56 View Cited Treatment .

Type Locality: "Habitat in Africa, India ", now identified as India, Assam, Terai.

Vernacular Names: Indian Rhinoceros.

Synonyms: Rhinoceros asiaticus Blumenbach 1797 ; Rhinoceros bengalensis Kourist 1970 ; Rhinoceros indicus G. Cuvier 1816 ; Rhinoceros jamrachi Jamrach 1875 ; Rhinoceros stenocephalus Gray 1868 .

Distribution: Within the present millennium, Indus Valley ( Pakistan) east in N India to Assam and N Burma. Survives in India (Assam, West Bengal), Nepal, and possibly N Burma.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Reviewed by Laurie et al. (1983, Mammalian Species, 211).