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Third post in the #WildlifeWeek series.
Day 3 - #Rhino resurgence in the #Terai !!
The Greater One-Horned #Rhinoceros is the second largest #mammal in #India after the #Elephant. Its distribution once ranged from the flood plains of the Indus to the Indo-Burmese border.
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Day 3 - #Rhino resurgence in the #Terai !!
The Greater One-Horned #Rhinoceros is the second largest #mammal in #India after the #Elephant. Its distribution once ranged from the flood plains of the Indus to the Indo-Burmese border.
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However the loss of #grassland #habitat resulted in only a small population remaining in North East India and #Nepal.The species was totally extirpated from the Indian Terai in the 19th century, with the last rhino there being shot in the #Pilibhit Forest Division in 1878.
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Related threads for your consideration on a Sunday.
If you haven’t read #Rhinoceros this week,
H/T @debra_caplan
Thank you
Poaching of #rhinos in #Assam for the animal's precious horns has reduced by more than 86 per cent in the past three years, Environment and Forest Minister @ParimalSuklaba1 said as #WorldRhinoDay was celebrated on Tuesday.
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Poaching of #rhinos in #Assam for the animal's precious horns has reduced by more than 86 per cent in the past three years, Environment and Forest Minister @ParimalSuklaba1 said as the #WorldRhinoDay was celebrated.
With an estimated #Rhinoceros population of 2,640, #Assam has the largest number of Indian one-horn rhinos in the world.
#WorldRhinoDay
#WorldRhinoDay
