Ronald+Togas+-+Rhinoceros

. =** Greater One-Horned Asian Rhinoceros ( //Rhinoceros unicornis )// **=




 * Location and Natural Habitat**

Greater One - Horned Asian Rhinoceros populate from Pakistan across to India, this include countries such as Bhutan, Nepal, Burma, and some in eastern China. Its habitat includes floodplain, swamp, and they sometime feed on fields and pastures due to the restricted range. In the last couple years humans civilizartion has reduce the range of the Asian Rhinoceros. They are now considere an endagered animal because of the limited habitat that they have.



The Great One- Horned Asian Rhinoceros is one type of the three asian Rhinoceros. It mostly lives in the middle eastern country such as India and Paskitan. The Asian Rhinoceros are describe of having armor like appearance it usually stands around 12 ft for and male adult, and 10- 11 ft for a female adult. It have one horned and weight to about 6000 pounds. It mostly lives in high grass area where the Asian Elephant usually lives, it frequently goes to the swamp to use the mud to cool off. The Greater One - Horned Rhino is considered a herbivore, but they have a limited diet of just eating grass leafs and some fruits. They interact with other animals such as Asian Elephant, Tigers which usually preys on younger calf, and Hornbills these animals share the same food, habita and predator prey relationship with the One-Horned Rhino. Rhinoceros usually travels alone in unless when they are having a mud bath or mating. A violent fight can breakout if one rhinoceros cross the other Rhinoceros properties. Rhinoceros Female are ussually sexually active around 5 years, but male usually have competiton with other male so it will take them longer to breed depending on their age and size. Male usually mate at around 10 years. Most One - Horned Rhinoceros lives to about 45 years, and it is consider as the second biggest rhino.
 * Niche**



The Asian Rhinoceros and the Asian Elephants are two interacting species that can replace one another niche. The Asian Rhinoceros could replace the role of the Asian Elephant because they share the same habitat, food diet, and locations. The Asian Rhinoceros is considered a more violent species because it always have fights and compete with its own kind. The Asian Rhinoceros and the Asian Elephant both needs a lot of room for them to live on. If the Rhinoceros have a need of expansion and Asian Elephant distract the Rhinoceros habitat by stealing their food and home, the Rhinoceros can just change that by hurting the Asian Elephant and forcing them to leave out of their desired area. If the Asian Elephant goes extinct the ecosystem in the enviorment will not change as much because the organism share the same food and predator. Rhinoceros will just be another organism that share the same role in an ecosystem.
 * Population Expansion**

The Population of the Greater One- Horned Asian Rhinoceros and the Asian Elephant does not have a lot of differeces. They are both endangered and losing their habitat to the Human Civilization. Even though there is recent studies of One - Horned Rhinoceros population had increased in Parts of India the species are still considered endangered and rare. Rhinoceros population are around 2500 and Asian Elephant population are approximately more then 25000. It will take a while for the Asian Rhino to take place the Asian Elephant Niche. Although the population of Asian Rhinoceros has increased in the previous years, if it continues it probally can be a danger to the Asian Elephant and replaced their role in the Ecosystem.
 * Species Competition**


 * Work Cited**

Smithsonian National Zoologic Park, Retrieved 10/14/2009 [] Retrieve 10/14/2009 [] Retrieve:10/14/2009 []