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World’s 2nd largest rhino horn in Assam

The biggest rhino horn on record can be found at British Museum London
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MAMMOTH Height: 36 cm; Outer curvature length: 45 cm; Inner curvature length: 38 cm; Base circumference: 60 cm; Weight: 3.051 kg
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The second-largest horn of a one-horned rhino was found at the Nagaon Treasury of Assam during a verification of 509 horns lying in the custody of the state government

The horn was found at Bagori range of Kaziranga National Park in August 1982

How big is the biggest

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The biggest rhino horn on record can be found at British Museum, London. This horn, 60 cm in height, was also found in Assam in 1909. But, there is no mention of its weight. Rhino horns, either seized from illegal traders or collected from dead rhinos, are kept at government treasury offices in Assam. Text: Bijay Sankar Bora

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