Question
Download Solution PDFWhich of the following Indian states is home to the largest population of the greater one-horned rhinoceros?
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Assam.
Key Points
- Assam is home to the largest population of the greater one-horned rhinoceros.
- At present, there are about 2,600 Indian rhinos in India, with more than 90% of the population concentrated in Assam’s "Kaziranga National Park".
- India is home to the largest number of Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros in the world.
- They primarily graze, with a diet consisting almost entirely of grasses as well as leaves, branches of shrubs and trees, fruit, and aquatic plants.
- It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List and Schedule I animal in the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
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