#0450 · 🦊 mammals
Indian Rhinoceros
🇳🇱 Indische Neushoorn ·Rhinoceros unicornis
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © nonext(공인인증서) · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Robert Gowan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Kevin Metcalf · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Wich’yanan (Jay) Limparungpatthanakij · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © connk · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © naturemates · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Danny Martin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. © Sandy Gayasih · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
- 10. © Yves Bas · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The Indian rhinoceros ( Rhinoceros unicornis ), also called the greater one-horned rhinoceros and great Indian rhinoceros , is a rhinoceros native to the Indian subcontinent. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, as populations are fragmented and restricted to less than 20,000 km2 (7,700 sq mi). Moreover, the extent and quality of the rhino's most important habitat, alluvial grassland and riverine forest, is considered to be in decline due to human and livestock encroachment.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 2,343 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
- Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Indian Rhinoceros
- Nederlands
- Indische Neushoorn
- scientific name
- Rhinoceros unicornis
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Perissodactyla
- family
- Rhinocerotidae
- IUCN Red List
- VU · vulnerable
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 2,343
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: kwetsbaar. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Rhinocerotidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 43345, Wikidata Q47910, GBIF 5220113, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.