{"id":332559,"date":"2025-04-11T17:53:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T12:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=332559"},"modified":"2025-04-15T19:20:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:50:32","slug":"one-horned-rhinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/one-horned-rhinos\/","title":{"rendered":"One-Horned Rhinos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The one-horned rhinos may get some more breathing space outside its biggest habitats in Assam&#8217;s Kaziranga National Park, Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary and West Bengal&#8217;s Jaldapara National Park. <strong>One-Horned Rhinos.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-332937 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/One-Horned-Rhinos.png?resize=580%2C385&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One-Horned Rhinos\" width=\"580\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/One-Horned-Rhinos.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/One-Horned-Rhinos.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/One-Horned-Rhinos.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/One-Horned-Rhinos.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>About One-Horned Rhinos<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>They are also known as the <strong>Indian Rhinoceros<\/strong> and are the <strong>largest<\/strong> of the three Asian rhino species.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution and habitat:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Rhinos thrive in floodplain <strong>grasslands, swamps, and riverine forests<\/strong>, particularly in the <strong>Terai region<\/strong> of India and Nepal.<\/li>\n<li>Indian rhinos are primarily found in <strong>protected<\/strong> areas in <strong>Assam, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution within India:<\/strong> They are mainly found in the <strong>seven Protected Areas<\/strong> \u2013\n<ul>\n<li>Assam &#8211; Kaziranga NP (70<strong>% of world&#8217;s one-horned rhinos<\/strong>, <strong>2613 rhinos<\/strong> as per 2022 Census), Pobitara WLS, Orang NP, Manas NP,<\/li>\n<li>West Bengal &#8211; Jaldapara NP and Gorumara NP<\/li>\n<li>Uttar Pradesh &#8211; Dudhwa NP<\/li>\n<li>In addition, a transient population is also observed in Katerniaghat WLS in Uttar Pradesh and <strong>Valmiki<\/strong> TR in Bihar, which experience visits of rhinos from adjoining Nepal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fun fact:<\/strong> Greater one-horned rhinos are good swimmers and can dive and feed underwater.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Protection Status:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN Red List<\/strong>: Vulnerable.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CITES<\/strong>: Appendix I (Threatened with extinction and CITES prohibits international trade in specimens of these species except when the purpose of the import is not commercial, for instance for scientific research).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wildlife Protection Act, 1972<\/strong>: Schedule I.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Rhinos around the Globe:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>There are <strong>five species of rhino<\/strong> \u2013 white and black rhinos in Africa, and the greater one-horned, Javan and Sumatran rhino species in Asia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>IUCN Red List Status:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Rhino: Critically endangered. Smaller of the two African species.<\/li>\n<li>White Rhino: Near Threatened.<\/li>\n<li>One-Horned Rhino: Vulnerable<\/li>\n<li>Javan: Critically Endangered<\/li>\n<li>Sumatran Rhino: Critically Endangered. It has gone extinct in Malaysia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The one-horned rhinos may get some more breathing space outside its biggest habitats in Assam&#8217;s Kaziranga National Park, Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary and West Bengal&#8217;s Jaldapara National Park. One-Horned Rhinos. About One-Horned Rhinos They are also known as the Indian Rhinoceros and are the largest of the three Asian rhino species. Distribution and habitat: Rhinos&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/one-horned-rhinos\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">One-Horned Rhinos<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":332937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12056,11834],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-332559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls-daily-factly-articles","category-species-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/One-Horned-Rhinos.png?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}