Description
Catalog ID: 39 Great one-horned rhino, Dubbo Zoo. 2014-11-11
GREATER ONE-HORNED RHINO
Pen and ink drawing on Fabriano watercolour paper. 115 x 170 mm. Mounted on acid-free black card. 210 x 300 mm. Unframed
(Full story and references verso)
The greater one-horned rhino (or “Indian rhino”) is not territorial. Once common across northern India, their numbers plummeted close to extinction as they were hunted for sport or killed as agricultural pests.