One of world’s largest one-horned rhino horn found in Assam

In Assam, the state government’s rhino horn verification committee on Tuesday claimed to have found “one of the world’s largest one-horned rhino horns” in the Nagaon treasury.

The 36cm-long horn weighs 3.051kg.

It belonged to a rhino from the Bagori range of Kaziranga National Park. The committee said the horn was found in August 1982.

The outer curvature length of the horn is 45cm, inner curvature is 38cm while the base circumference is 60cm.

“The only recorded horn bigger than this can be found in the British Museum in London where a 60cm horn from Assam, found in 1909, is kept. However, there is no mention of the weight of that horn,” a statement issued by the committee said.