ANSWER: Rhino
Explanation:
The Assam government is going to raise a new Special Rhino Protection Force (SRPF) for better protection of the one-horned rhinos in Assam.
State government has already started the process of recruitment for the proposed force.
The cadre for the force will selected from local youths hailing from region near the Kaziranga national park.
Recruits will be given necessary training.
They will be also provided with arms and ammunition for better protection of the one horned rhinos.
One horned rhino: Know More
- The greater one-horned rhinoceros is the largest of the Asian Rhinos.
- Its preferred habitat is alluvial flood plains and areas containing tall grasslands along the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Formerly, they were extensively distributed in the Gangetic plains.
- However, today they are restricted to small habitats in Indo-Nepal terai and North Bengal, and Assam. They are found in Kaziranga.
- They are on the IUCN list of threatened species
