always, a third smaller horn may develop. Two horns on the skull are made of keratin with the larger front horn typically 50 cm long, exceptionally up to 140 cm. An adult weighs from 800 to 1400 kg (1,760 to 3,080 lb), exceptionally to 1820 kg (4,000 lb), with the females being smaller than the males. The World Conservation Union (IUCN) announced on 7 July 2006 that the West African Black Rhinoceros subspecies ( Diceros bicornis longipes) has been tentatively declared as extinct.Īn adult Black Rhinoceros stands 143 ? 160 cm (56-63 inches) high at the shoulder and is 2.86-3.05 m (9.3-10 feet) in length. The word "White" in name " White Rhinoceros" deriving from the Afrikaans word for "wide" rather than the colour white. This is very misleading, as those two species are not really distinguishable by colour.
The name of the species was chosen to distinguish it from the White Rhinoceros ( Ceratotherium simum). Although the Rhino is referred to as a "Black" creature, it is actually more of a grey-white colour in appearance. The Black Rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis also colloquially Black Rhino is a mammal in the order Perissodactyla, native to the eastern and central areas of Africa including Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon, South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. Info: By John and Karen Hollingsworth in Tanzania / US Fish and Wildlife Service. Black Rhinoceros ( Diceros bicornis) - Wiki
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