Question

Nowadays, the rhino is present in
a) Asia
b) Africa
c) America
d) Africa and Asia

Answer 1

Hint: Rhinos are endangered animals found in the second largest continent of the world and also the continent where India lies. As they have reached a level of global extinction. Due to the huge amount of hunting and poaching done the rhinos are now less in number. Their species have also reduced in great numbers. Many species have become extinct.

Complete answer:
In the present-day rhinos are only found in some areas of Asia and Africa. In Asia alone, only India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Indonesia rhinos can be found. Only three types of Asian rhinos can be found in these areas, they are Sumatran rhino, Javan rhino, and Indian rhino. The Sumatran rhino is the smallest and is two-horned rhinos. The Javan rhino and Indian rhino have one horn and are large in size. In Africa, two types of rhinos are found white rhino and black rhino. The white rhino is usually found in South Africa and black rhinos are found in the regions of Cameroon and Kenya.

Additional information: Rhinos are large herbivorous animals. They have a distinct feature of having horns on them. Their horns are of great medicinal use. Black rhinos are critically endangered and are in 5000 in number left. Sumatran rhinos and Javan rhinos are also critically endangered. They are less than 100 in number. One-horned rhino is vulnerable. They may become endangered if proper protection is not provided to them. Southern white rhinos are near threatened and northern white rhinos are extinct.
So, the answer is ‘d) Africa and Asia’.

Note: Rhinos have reached a level where they may get extinct in near future. We need to protect rhinos at all costs. To protect them strict actions should be taken against the people hunting them. The protected land areas should be increased as well as newly protected lands should be assigned for them.