The Great Indian Rhinoceros has a single black horn, and a grey brown hide with skin folds, which gives it an armoured
appearance. It is the largest of the three Asian Rhinoceros with a head-body length of 310-380 cm, and a shoulder height
of 148-186 cm. Solitary by nature rhinos show no true territoriality, although breeding males occupy loose territorial ranges
of 2 to 8 km. Temporary associations of a few sub-adults or adult males sometimes form at wallows or on grazing
grounds. The Indian Rhino originally occurred mainly in alluvial plain grasslands, where the grass can grow up to 8
metres tall, but was also found in the adjacent swamps and forest . . .
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