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Indian rhinoceros size: How big do they get?

How big does a Indian rhinoceros get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) reaches an average size of 3.74 meter (12′ 4″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 49 years, they grow from 61.35 kg (135.26 lbs) to 1839.1 kg (4054.52 lbs). A Indian rhinoceros has 1 babies at once. The Indian rhinoceros (genus: Rhinoceros) is a member of the family Rhinocerotidae.

As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.

The average adult size of a Indian rhinoceros is  (12' 4

The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also called the greater one-horned rhinoceros and great Indian rhinoceros is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, as populations are fragmented and restricted to less than 20,000 km2 (7,700 sq mi). Moreover, the extent and quality of the rhino’s most important habitat, the alluvial Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands and riverine forest, is considered to be in decline due to human and livestock encroachment. As of 2008, a total of 2,575 mature individuals were estimated to live in the wild.The Indian rhinoceros once ranged throughout the entire stretch of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, but excessive hunting and agricultural development reduced its range drastically to 11 sites in northern India and southern Nepal. In the early 1990s, between 1,870 and 1,895 rhinos were estimated to have been alive.

Animals of the same family as a Indian rhinoceros

We found other animals of the Rhinocerotidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Indian rhinoceros

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Indian rhinoceros:

Animals with the same litter size as a Indian rhinoceros

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Indian rhinoceros:

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Indian rhinoceros

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Indian rhinoceros:

Animals with the same weight as a Indian rhinoceros

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rhinoceros unicornis: