Rhinoceros

A rhinoceros was an aggressive herbivorous animal known for having a horn on its snout.

Description
Rhinoceroses ranged in size, from in length to  in height at the shoulder. They could weigh as much as. Depending on species, they could have one or two horns on their snouts.

Behavior
These creatures were known to be bad tempered and to attack anything they perceived as a threat, intruder, or annoyance. Some species were less aggressive and more likely to flee.

Their senses of smell and hearing were sharp, but their eyesight was limited, though some possessed low-light vision.

Ecology
They were encountered alone  or in herds of up to six  or twelve specimens, including a few young.

Tactics
Faced with threats or intruders, a rhinoceros charged them, lowering its head to gore them with its horn in a devastating assault. The force could knock a target down. Afterward, it might trample them with its forelegs.

Habitats
They lived on tropical savannahs and other warm plains.

On Faerûn, they were found in every southern grassland of the continent. "Southern" in this case meant everything south of an imaginary line between the Starspire Mountains to the west and the Giant's Belt Mountains to the east.

Uses
A rhinoceros could potentially be mounted and ridden into battle.

In Kara-Tur, people were known to harvest the hides of rhinos and use them to craft an armor known as chia. Many in Kara-Tur also believed that their horns were a powerful aphrodisiac, despite evidence to the contrary, and would pay large sums for them.

Appearances

 * Novels:
 * Dragonwall
 * Star of Cursrah (mentioned)