The dawnhorn (Plateoceros soloriens) is a
denizen of southern and central Asia, protoceratopsian
not much different from its Cretaceous ancestors. Dawnhorns are 3-5
meter-long, quadripedal herbivores that dwell in forests and jungles, and
eat all manner of vegetation, including bamboo and small trees.
Males of this species have a curious, laterally flattened nose horn, which
flushes bright yellow-orange during the mating season and has earned the
species its name.
The auryngo or sunhorn (P. soloriens auryngo)
is a subspecies of dawnhorn that was at first mistaken for a species of
its own by early specbiologists.
Auryngo lives only in Nepal while P. soloriens
soloriens is a more widespread.