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The numbers of one of the planet’s “mega-ist” of terrestrial megafauna are on the rise in Nepal. A recent government census found that the country’s population of greater one-horned rhinoceros, estimated at 752, grew by more than 100 since the last count in 2015. Nepal s population of greater one-horned rhinos is on the rise according results from the country s latest census. Image © Neeshantkc1 Better than 90 percent of Nepal’s rhinos reside in Chitwan National Park, which along with India’s Kaziranga National Park represents the greatest remaining stronghold of this mighty, tank-like grazer. Much smaller populations in Nepal – reintroductions sourced from Chitwan – are found in Bardiya, Shuklaphanta, and Parsa national parks.

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