Indian Rhinoceros

Description:

Listed as a vulnerable species, the large mammal is primarily found in north-eastern India's Assam.The rhino's single horn is present in both males and females, but not on newborn young.

Habitat:

They prefer the alluvial plain grasslands of the Brahmaputra basin.

Notes:

KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK, ASSAM, INDIA - I was fortunate to click the rhinos from such a close range- just a few metres. The mother rhino and it's calf were worth watching. They use particular paths to go to the lake.These animals have sharp hearing and a keen sense of smell. They may find one another by following the trail of scent each enormous animal leaves behind it on the landscape.There are only about 2,000 Indian rhinos left in the wild.Their segmented hide looks like a formidable coat of natural body armor.Flexible skin between the thicker hide "plates" allows them to shift as the rhinoceros moves.