Food Habit and Feeding Patterns of Great Indian One-Horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, Assam, India

Table 7

Cultivated crop and vegetable species eaten by Indian Rhino as food in association with natural food items (name written in parentheses are in local vernacular names).

Crops	Vegetables and others
Zea mays (zea)	Cucurbita pepo (summer Squash)
Oryza sativa (paddy)	Cucurbita maxima (red Pumpkin)
Cicer arietinum (gram)	Luffa acutangula (ridged gourd)
Pisum sativum (peas)	Cucumis sativus (cucumber)
Cajanus cajan (pigeon pea)	Capsicum annuum (chilli)
Phaseolus mungo (black gram)	Abelmoschus esculentus (lady’s finger)
Phaseolus lunatus (lima bean)	Cucurbita maxima (sweet gourd)
Phaseolus aureus (green gram)	Solanum melongena (brinjal)
Triticum aestivum (wheat)	Ipomea batatas (sweet potato)
Lathyrus sativus (khesari dal)	Carica papaya (papaya)