Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus)
Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)
White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
Habitat:
African - Grasslands and open savannas
Asian - Forests
Found in:
Africa, and a smaller number in Asia
Average statistics:
1.5m high, 3.3m in length, 1,500kg
Distinguishing features:
One or two long horns approx 50cm, a thick layered skin
Diet:
Vegetarian - herbivorous browser and/or grazer, eats leafy plants, branches, shoots, thorny wood bushes and fruit
Gestation period:
15-16 months; the single calf weighs about 35-50kg at birth, and can follow its mother around after just three days
Life expectancy:
30-40 years
Threats:
Habitat loss, poaching by humans for use in Traditional Chinese Medicines, or for their body parts to be used as luxury goods/ornaments such as dagger handles in Yemen
Wild Population estimates:
Javan - 60
Indian - 2,500
Black - 3,500
Sumatran - 200
White - 11,000
CITES listing:
Appendix I (excluding those found in South Africa or Swaziland which are Appendix II)
A white rhino grazing in the bush of Meru National Park, Kenya.
Young Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) crossing the river in Royal Chitwan National Park. It was later translocated to Royal Bardia National Park. Rhino translocation program 2002. Nepal.
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