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Great One-Horned Rhinocerous (Rhinocerous unicornis)

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Great One-Horned Rhinocerous (Rhinocerous unicornis)

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08-06-2018, 10:27 AM ( This post was last modified: 08-06-2018, 10:29 AM by Rishi )

(08-06-2018, 10:00 AM)Wolverine Wrote: Does anybody sees any significant differences between Indian rhino and Javan rhino beside size and weight? For me its not clear why they are considered different species but not only subspecies of one and same specie. Size differences between Bengal and Javan tigers are not bigger...

Their territories used to overlap in India & subspecies would have interbred & merged. Contemporary texts record two distinct species.

They are very closely related though, closer than any other rhino species. Same genus, but molecular estimates suggest that the two species diverged from each other around 11.7 million years ago. (Source: Wikipedia)
 
Weight difference is significant between Indian & Javan rhinos, with the maximum possible weight of males at 3500 & 2500 kgs respectively. Wiki says: 
"The Javan rhino is smaller than the Indian rhinoceros, and is close in size to the black rhinoceros."
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RE: The Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) - Rishi - 08-06-2018, 10:27 AM
Greater One-Horned Rhino - Shadow - 01-12-2019, 05:20 AM
RE: Greater One-Horned Rhino - Shadow - 01-12-2019, 06:46 AM
RE: Greater One-Horned Rhino - Jimmy - 01-12-2019, 08:52 AM
RE: Greater One-Horned Rhino - Shadow - 01-12-2019, 03:43 PM
RE: Greater One-Horned Rhino - Jimmy - 01-14-2019, 08:13 AM
RE: Greater One-Horned Rhino - Shadow - 01-14-2019, 01:48 PM
RE: Greater One-Horned Rhino - Jimmy - 01-14-2019, 03:45 PM
RE: Greater One-Horned Rhino - Shadow - 01-14-2019, 05:42 PM
RE: Greater One-Horned Rhino - Jimmy - 01-14-2019, 06:56 PM
RE: Greater One-Horned Rhino - Shadow - 01-14-2019, 07:10 PM
RE: Greater One-Horned Rhino - Shadow - 01-14-2019, 07:17 PM
RE: Greater One-Horned Rhino - Jimmy - 01-14-2019, 07:31 PM
RE: Greater One-Horned Rhino - Shadow - 01-14-2019, 07:56 PM
RE: Greater One-Horned Rhino - Shadow - 01-14-2019, 10:33 PM
RE: Greater One-Horned Rhino - Pckts - 01-14-2019, 10:58 PM
RE: Greater One-Horned Rhino - Jimmy - 01-15-2019, 12:14 PM



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