Which of the following conservation sites in India is famous for the successful conservation of the one-horned rhinoceros?
Kaziranga National Park
The Indian one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also called the Great Indian rhinoceros, is the largest of the rhino species and is found mainly in the floodplain grasslands of the Brahmaputra valley. Its conservation is one of India's biggest wildlife success stories.
Kaziranga National Park, located in Assam on the banks of the Brahmaputra, is the answer. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a designated Tiger Reserve, and it shelters roughly two-thirds of the entire global population of the one-horned rhino. Strict anti-poaching patrols, the tall 'elephant grass' habitat and periodic flooding of the grasslands together support a dense rhino population here.
The other sites are famous for entirely different species and regions:
- Gir National Park in Gujarat is the last natural home of the Asiatic lion.
- Silent Valley National Park in Kerala is a tropical evergreen rainforest known for the lion-tailed macaque and its undisturbed biodiversity.
- Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerala is a tiger and elephant reserve centred on the Periyar lake.
None of these lie in the rhino's Brahmaputra-valley range, so the correct answer is Kaziranga National Park.
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