Assam will mark World Rhino Day<\/strong> \u2014 September 22 \u2014 with a special ceremony by burning a stockpile of nearly 2,500 horns of the one-horned rhinoceros.<\/span><\/p>\n Greater <\/span>One-Horned Rhino (or \u201cIndian rhino\u201d) are identified by a single black horn about a grey-brown hide with skin folds, which gives it an armour-plated appearance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The species is solitary, except when adult males or rhinos nearing adulthood gather to graze.<\/span><\/p>\n They primarily graze, with a diet consisting almost entirely of grasses as well as leaves, branches of shrubs and trees, fruit, and aquatic plants.<\/span><\/p>\n Greater <\/span>One-Horned Rhino is re<\/span>stricted to small habitats in Indo-Nepal terai and northern West Bengal and Assam.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n India is home to more than 75% of the greater one-horned rhino population of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n In India, one-horned rhinos can be found in Assam, West Bengal, and Uttar Pradesh. <\/span>Among these states, Assam has the largest population of greater-one horned rhinos, with more than 90% in Kaziranga National Park.<\/span><\/p>\n IUCN Red List: <\/b>Vulnerable.<\/span><\/p>\n Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES):<\/b> Appendix I\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Wildlife Protection Act, 197<\/b>2<\/strong>: Schedule I<\/span><\/p>\n Poaching of Horns: <\/b>The rhino horn is used in traditional Chinese medicine to cure a range of ailments, from cancer to hangovers, and it is also used as an aphrodisiac in Vietnam, possessing a rhino horn is considered a status symbol.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Habitat loss<\/b>:<\/span> The enormous reduction in the rang<\/span>e of rhinos was mainly caused by the disappearance of alluvial plain grasslands.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Population density<\/b>: <\/span>High population density in some parks leads to lower breeding rates. Also, concerns exist about long term viability of sub-populations due to lack of genetic diversity.<\/span><\/p>\n Source: <\/b>This post is based on the article<\/span> \u201cExplained: Why Assam govt is burning 2,500 rhino horns in a special ceremony\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> Indian Express <\/b>on 22nd September 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the News? Assam will mark World Rhino Day \u2014 September 22 \u2014 with a special ceremony by burning a stockpile of nearly 2,500 horns of the one-horned rhinoceros. About Greater One-Horned Rhino Greater One-Horned Rhino (or \u201cIndian rhino\u201d) are identified by a single black horn about a grey-brown hide with skin folds, which… Continue reading Explained: Why Assam govt is burning 2,500 rhino horns in a special ceremony<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[1355,8927,9897],"class_list":["post-136085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-biodiversity","tag-biodiversity-conservation","tag-greater-one-horned-rhino","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About Greater One-Horned Rhino<\/b><\/h5>\n
Habitat of Greater One-Horned Rhino<\/b><\/h5>\n
Conservation Status of Greater One-Horned Rhino<\/b><\/h5>\n
Threats faced by Greater One-Horned Rhino<\/b><\/h5>\n
Conservation measures to protect Greater One-Horned Rhino<\/b><\/h5>\n
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