# World Rhino Day Flashcards
When .?
22 sept
First announced by
World wildlife fund ,South Africa in 2010
Number of species
5
Species of rhino
White rhino
black rhino
greater one horned
Jawan
Sumatran rino
IUCN red list status of rhinos
White rhino - near threatened
black rhino- critical endangered
greater one horned - velnerable
Jawan - critically endangered
Sumatran rino- critically endangered
Theme
Keep the five alive
First rhino day was observed on
22 Sept 2011
Largest rhino species
Greater one horned rhino 🦏
(Indian rhino)
90% of the Indian rhinos are found in
Kaziranga National park Assam
Kaziranga National park was established in
1905
They species sites under which appendix
Appendix 1
Protected under which act
Wildlife Protection Act 1972
Which schedule of wildlife Protection Act
Schedule 1
Protection status under IUCN red list
Vulnerable
World animal day
4 October
World wildlife day
3rd March 2013
Theme of World wildlife day
Recovering ki species for ecosystem restoration
Minister of animal husbandry fisheries and daring
Purushotam rupala
IUCN was founded in
1948
Main focus of IUCN
Nature conservation biodiversity
Headquarter of IUCN
Gland ,Switzerland
Director general of IUCN
Bruno Oberle
President of IUCN
Razan al Mubarak
Formerly called
International union for production of nature