Tour Booking   |    Hotel Booking   |    Car/Coach Rental
Famous India
India - Be in the Rendezvous land of color, culture and fauna

Famous India, presents the majestic culture and royal heritage of India through its popular destination guides and tour packages. We, at Famous India, calls globetrotters to explore india and promise to give an authentic travel services to travellers coming to India.
Language Translation : EspañolFrançais DeutschItaliano Português
Animals in IndiaAnimals in India


Animals & Birds

¤ Ashrams
¤ Adventures
¤ Backwaters
¤ Beaches
¤ Buildings & Monuments
¤ Caves
¤ Cities & Places
¤ Dances of India
¤ Festivals
¤ Forts
¤ Fairs
¤ Falls
¤ Gardens
¤ Healing Therapies
¤ Hill Stations
¤ Holy Yatras
¤ Lakes
¤ Museums
¤ Markets
¤ Monasteries
¤ Nightlife
¤ Palaces
¤ Rivers
¤ Religion
¤ Shrines
¤ Shopping Malls
¤ Temples
¤ Tribes of India
¤ Trains
¤ Theme Parks
¤ Villages
¤ Village Resorts
¤ Weddings
¤ Wildlife Parks & Santuaries
¤ World Heritage Sites
India Information Guide


Editorials



Famous Selling Tours


Famous 10 of India


Tours by Category
Famous India > Famous Animals of India > Indian Rhino

Indian Rhino

Rhinoceros unicornis is derieved from the Greek word rhino, meaning "nose" and ceros, meaning "horn". The Indian rhino, properly known as the great Indian one horned rhinoceros, is a descendant of an old species of rhino. Despite its fearsome appearance, it is generally a peaceful animal. Measuring over 12 feet long and weighting up to 2 tons, the Indian rhino is bigger and heavier than a car.

The Indian rhino is usually solitary except for females with young. Males are not territorial and do not defend their territories which often overlap. Occasionally rhino interactions are aggressive, illustrated by charges, and horn clashes. Fighting between males is often a cause of death when population densities are high. Rhinos often wallow and bathe in the heat of the day to regulate their body temperature and to avoid flies. There are currently approximately 2,400 Indian Rhinos surviving.

Indian Rhino
Structure:
The Indian rhino has well-developed incisor teeth and two long canine teeth in its lower jaw. It is studded with knob-like tubercles and is unique in having huge folds of skin at its joints and great rolls at the neck. Together with the large, horny plates covering its body, the beast appears to be armour plated.
Indian Rhino
Meal:
The diet of the Indian rhino consists of grass, fruit, leaves, branches, aquatic plants, and cultivated crops. The prehensile upper lip is used to curl around grass stems to bring them into its mouth. When eating aquatic plants, rhinos submerge their entire heads and tear the plant up by the roots. They spend there nights, early mornings, or late afternoons foraging for food in order to avoid the heat of the day.

Indian Rhino Rhino Trivia:
» Indian rhinos are vulnerable to sunburn. By wallowing in mud, they protect their skin form the sun.
» The first weeks after giving birth, mother rhinos produce 5 - 7 gallons of milk daily.
» The Baluchitherium, an ancestor of the Indian rhino, was the largest land mammal that ever lived. It was 18 feet high and 36 feet long. It lived over 20 million years ago
Suggested Tour Packages
Golden Triangle by Train
Durations : 06 Days/ 5 Nights
Cities : Delhi - Jaipur - Agra - Delhi
Book A Tour
Palace On Wheels Tour
Durations : 08 Days/ 7 Nights
Cities : Delhi - Jaipur - Jaisalmer - Jodhpur - Udaipur - Bharatpur -Agra - Delhi
Book A Tour
Taj and Tiger Tour
Durations : 11 Days/ 10 Nights
Cities : Delhi - Mandawa - Jaipur - Ranthambore - Agra - Delhi
Book A Tour




Famous India
Home | Profile | Feedback | Tour Booking | Car/Coach Rentals | Hotel Booking | Contact Us
Copyright © 2010 Famous India