Male (#157) in Patna Zoo since 28.3.82 was found and captured in Champaran Forest.
Studbook Rhinoceros unicornis, ed.8, 31.12.1994 Lists nos. 1-224 Alive 134 (75/58/1) animals in 52 institutions Population trend 1993 3/3 2/1 4/3 69/54/1 124 1994 4/1 4/3 2/0 75/58/1 134
Reason of death prolapse of rectum, Female, Yokohama
Reason of death killed by mother, Female, Stuttgart
Reason of death leiomyon, Female, Basel
Reason of death liver and kidney failure, Male, Whipsnade
Reason of death lungs, interstitial fibrosis with alveolar emphysema, Male, Basel
Reason of death lung fibrosis with dilatation of heart, Female, Basel
Reason of death nephritis, Male, Houston
Reason of death pneumonia, Female, Amsterdam
Reason of death pneumonia acquired in utero, Female, Whipsnade
Reason of death kidney trouble, Female, Berlin
Reason of death uremia, Female, Berlin
Reason of death viral infection, Male, Female, Hyderabad
Reason of death internal haemorrhage, Female, Calcutta
Reason of death parasites causing malnutritious exhaustion, Male, Peking
Reason of death Anaemia, , Male, Basel
Gestation period 490 days, Los Angeles 1982
Reason of death impaction of colon, Male, Omaha
Gestation period 466 days, Basel 1992
Gestation period 472 days, Basel 1988
Recommendations to avoid foot troubles in Rhinoceros unicornis . Foot troubles often crop up in Indian rhinos. The cause has been sought in lack of exercise, overweight, too small enclosures and unsuitable ground covers or a complexity of such factors. Information shedding light onto what extent this complaint is associated with enclosure size and ground cover was kindly given by 23 zoos in answer to a recent questionnaire. Ten institutions had encountered foot troubles though, in one case, unconnected either with enclosure size or the ground cover. Thirteen had been unaffected, barring two incidents when injuries were caused by stepping on a sharp unknown object outside the enclosure and getting a stone wedged in the front foot. Healing in both animals was uneventful. One reply noted that a pedicure was carried out every three months. Enclosure sizes ranged from some 26-5000 m?, a pool and wallow generally being available. Whereas foot problems were found to arise on marl, finely cut gravel, sandy clay and combinations of bare ground and concrete as well as of dirt, stones and crushed limestone -which offered the advantages of keeping dry and wearing down the hoof- practically none was encountered on sand, and none at all on natural ground, natural ground combined with sand, dirt and sand over gravel, compact soil, decomposed granite and compact soil, irrespective of enclosure size.
Reason of death hookworm infestation, Female, Washington
Reason of death impaction, Female, Milwaukee
Reason of death distocia, just before or after birth, Male, Washington
Reason of death bacterial encephalitis, Female, Philadelphia
Reason of death carcinoma (squamous cell) in upper jaw, Male, Bombay
Reason of death cardiovascular shock, Female, Stuttgart
Reason of death colitis (necrotic), enteritis & peritonitis, Male, San Diego
Reason of death courtship, Female, Los Angeles
Reason of death pyometra, Female, Lucknow
Reason of death rabies, Male, Kanpur
Reason of death respiratory failure, Female, Tokyo
Reason of death anthrax, Female, Gauhati
Reason of death dislocation of hip joint, Female, Lucknow
Reason of death Anoplocephala gigantea infestation, Male, Basel
Reason of death foot lesions, Male, Basel
Reason of death foot problems, Male, Basel
Reason of death gastric impaction with duodenal torsion, Female, Washington
Reason of death gastric ulcer, Male, Peking
Reason of death gastritis with probable perforation and peritonitis, Male, Oklahoma
Reason of death gastro-enteritis, Female, Washington
Reason of death gastro-intestinal tract impaction, Female, Singapore
Reason of death heart disease, Male, Antwerp
Reason of death respiratory obstruction due to acute indigestion, Male, Seoul
Reason of death attack by male, Female, San Diego
Reason of death pulmonary emphysema, Male, Rome
Reason of death pulmonary emphysema, Female, Basel
Reason of death sand, 50 kg in gut, picked up before arrival ?, Male, Singapore
Reason of death sand colic Male, Lucknow
Reason of death stomach rapture Male, Berlin
Reason of death tapeworm infestation, Female, Washington
Reason of death torsio coli, Male, Basel
Weight at birth 56.7 kg, Female, Los Angeles 1982
Weight at birth 66.0 kg, Female, Basel 1988
Weight at birth 77.0 kg, Male, Basel 1984
Weight at birth 56.25 kg, Female, Philadelphia 1984
