Rhino trio in Kaziranga

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A trio of rhinos next to a dried river-bed and grassland in Kaziranga, Assam, India. One of them chases off another one and then all three go their own ways! The Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) is also called Greater One-horned Rhinoceros and Asian One-horned Rhinoceros and belongs to the Rhinocerotidae family. Listed as a vulnerable species, the large mammal is primarily found in parts of north-eastern India and in protected areas in the Terai of Nepal, where populations are confined to the riverine grasslands in the foothills of the Himalayas.[2] Weighing between 2260 kg to 3000 kg, it is the fourth largest land animal and has a single horn, which measures 20 to 57 cm (7.9 to 22 in) in length. The Indian rhinoceros once ranged throughout the entire stretch of the Indo-Gangetic P