International Scholarly Research Networ 2012: 1–11 Food Habit and Feeding Patterns of Great Indian One Horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in the Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, Assam, India. Field Directorate, Manas Tiger Project, 35pp. Rhino Conservation Plan for Manas national Park. DEC Nature Conservation Service Biodiversity Standard operating procedure ground based radio-tracking, SOP No: 13:4, Species communities branch, Locaked Beg 104, Bently Delivery Centre WA6983. Guidelines for the in situ reintroduction and Translocation of African and Asian Rhinoceros First Edition, Occasional Paper of the IUCN, Species Survival Commission (39): 95– 97.įreegard, C. A study on behaviour and colonisation of translocated Rhinos during 90 days from release of Manas National Park, Assam, India. Columbia University Press, New York, 2–76pp.ĭutta, D.K. Demography and Habitat used by Greater One Horned Rhinoceros in Nepal. Fruits Rhinoceros eat, Dispersal of Trewia nudiflora in Low-land Nepal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 67: 560–588.īorthakur, M. An attempt to determine the food habits of the Indian Rhinoceros. Gauhati University, 25–100.īrahmachary, R.L., B. Ecology and conservation of Great Indian One-horned Rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis) in Pobitora Wild Life Sanctuary, Assam, India. Grasshopper, Guwahati, 11–37pp.īhattacharya, R. One-horned Rhinoceros Conservation in Manas Tiger Reserve: Final Technical Report. Rehabilitation of greater One-horned Rhinoceros calves in Manas National Park, a World Heritage Site in India. Users of the data do not require specific permission from the authors or the publisher.īarman, R., B. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the southeastern Truong Son Mountains, Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam. Under this license the authors allow anyone to download, cite, use the data, modify, reprint, copy and distribute provided the authors and source of publication are credited through appropriate citations (e.g., Son et al. JoTT is registered under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY), which allows authors to retain copyright ownership. The authors recognize WILD as the original publisher, and to sell hard copies of the Journal and article to any buyer. The authors grant permission to the publisher Wildlife Information Liaison Development (WILD) Society to publish the article in the Journal of Threatened Taxa. This is indicated explicitly in each publication. The food preferences of translocated Rhinos in Manas National Park were studied to find out variations in seasonal and annual preferences. A total of 139 plants species belonging to 39 families were observed to be consumed as food. On an average, grasses (n=33) contributed 24% of Rhino food, aquatic plants (n=23) 16.5%, shrubs (n=11) 7.5%, herbs (n = 31) 22.3% trees (n=26) 18.7%, creepers (n=3) 2.1% and agricultural crops (n=12) 8.6%. Among the grasses, throughout the year Arundo donax, Cynodon dactylon, Imperata cylindrica, Saccharum elephantinus and Saccharum spontaneum were the maximum preferred species. Rhinos were observed to browse shrubs and tree twigs during the winter season and browsing was found to be very limited during the monsoon due to the abundance of young grass. Various anthropogenic pressures such as unregulated grassland burning, cattle grazing, invasions of Bombax ceiba and shrubs like Chromolaena odorata, Leea asiatica and herbs like Ageratum conyzoides have degraded some of the important grasslands. So, a proper grassland management protocol including the burning of grasslands during the dry season, keeping grazing animals away and control of weeds is suggested in the areas extensively used by the Rhinos.ÂĪuthors own the copyright to the articles published in JoTT.
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