Indian rhinoceros
E169850
The Indian rhinoceros is a large, single-horned rhinoceros native to the Indian subcontinent, known for its thick, armor-like skin and conservation-dependent populations in protected areas.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| greater one-horned rhinoceros | 5 |
| Indian rhinoceros canonical | 4 |
| Rhinoceros unicornis | 4 |
| Indian one-horned rhinoceros | 1 |
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal
ⓘ
megafauna ⓘ rhinoceros species ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mostly crepuscular ⓘ |
| averageLifespanInCaptivity | over 40 years ⓘ |
| averageLifespanInWild | about 35 to 40 years ⓘ |
| behavior | frequent wallowing in mud ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Indian rhinoceros
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Rhinoceros unicornis
|
| bodyLength | about 3.0 to 3.8 metres ⓘ |
| bodyMass | up to about 2,700 kilograms ⓘ |
| citesListing | CITES Appendix I ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
Indian rhinoceros
self-link
ⓘ
great Indian rhinoceros ⓘ greater one-horned rhinoceros ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Vulnerable ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
ⓘ
surface form:
IUCN Red List
|
| countryWithLargestPopulation | India ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| family | Rhinocerotidae ⓘ |
| feedsOn |
aquatic plants
ⓘ
grasses ⓘ leaves ⓘ |
| genus | Rhinoceros ⓘ |
| gestationPeriod | about 15 to 16 months ⓘ |
| habitat |
alluvial grasslands
ⓘ
riverine floodplains ⓘ swampy grasslands ⓘ |
| historicalRange |
Brahmaputra Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Brahmaputra basin
Ganges Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Ganges basin
Indus River basin ⓘ
surface form:
Indus basin
|
| hornComposition | keratin ⓘ |
| hornCount | 1 ⓘ |
| iucnCategory | VU ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
India
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
Nepal ⓘ |
| offspringPerBirth | usually 1 calf ⓘ |
| order | Perissodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| primaryThreat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
poaching for horn ⓘ |
| protectedIn |
Bardia National Park
ⓘ
Chitwan National Park ⓘ Dudhwa National Park ⓘ Kaziranga National Park ⓘ Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary ⓘ |
| reintroducedTo |
Buxa Tiger Reserve
ⓘ
Manas National Park ⓘ |
| secondLargestPopulationCountry | Nepal ⓘ |
| sexualMaturityAge | about 4 to 6 years ⓘ |
| shoulderHeight | about 1.7 to 2.0 metres ⓘ |
| skinDescription |
prominent skin folds and tubercles
ⓘ
thick gray-brown skin with armor-like folds ⓘ |
| socialStructure | mostly solitary ⓘ |
| swimmingAbility | good swimmer ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1758 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Indian rhinoceros Description of subject: The Indian rhinoceros is a large, single-horned rhinoceros native to the Indian subcontinent, known for its thick, armor-like skin and conservation-dependent populations in protected areas.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Rhinoceros unicornis
this entity surface form:
greater one-horned rhinoceros
this entity surface form:
Rhinoceros unicornis
this entity surface form:
Rhinoceros unicornis
this entity surface form:
Rhinoceros unicornis
this entity surface form:
Indian one-horned rhinoceros
this entity surface form:
greater one-horned rhinoceros
this entity surface form:
greater one-horned rhinoceros
this entity surface form:
greater one-horned rhinoceros
this entity surface form:
greater one-horned rhinoceros