Rhinoceros

A rhinoceros was an aggressive herbivorous animal found on warm plains.

Description
Rhinoceroses ranged in size, from in length to  in height at the shoulder. They could weigh as much as. 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 twelve specimens.

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

Habitats
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.

Relationships
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)