The Greater One-Horned Rhino

The greater one-horned rhino (scientific name rhinoceros unicornis) is a subspecies of rhino that inhabits the tropical and subtropical savannas, shrublands, and grasslands of the Eastern Himalayas. It is the largest subspecies of rhino, standing between 5.75 and 6.5 feet tall, growing between 10 and 12.5 feet long, and weighing between 4,000 and 6,000 pounds. It is also distinguishable from other subspecies of rhino by its single black horn that can grow between 8 and 25 inches long and its gray-brown hide with skin folds that makes it look like it is covered in armor. It is primarily a grazer, as evidenced by the fact that its diet consists almost entirely of fruits, leaves, grasses, aquatic plants, and tree and shrub branches. It is solitary by nature, with young adult and adult males only gathering together to graze or wallow. These males have territories that are so loosely defined that they often overlap, and they are not well defended.

The greater one-horned rhino is classified as a Vulnerable species. It is this close to becoming extinct for two reasons. The first reason is that it is poached for its horn, as makers of traditional Asian medicines believe it can be used to treat ailments ranging from fevers to strokes to epilepsy. Because of this, one of the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF's) efforts to save it consists of improving the laws, and the enforcement of them, that criminalize the poaching of it, as well as providing the staff of the national parks its inhabits with the funding, equipment, and training they need to protect it from poaching. The second reason is that its habitat is being destroyed. Because of this, another one of WWF's efforts to save it consists of securing corridors of its habitat that will give it access to areas outside of the national parks it inhabits. All of this is being done because the protection of it also helps protect other valuable species of animals, as well as valuable species of plants, because almost all of the national parks it inhabits are also inhabited by these species.

Source for picture and all information: https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/greater-one-horned-rhino