black rhino

diet

Usually leaves, fruit, grass

habitat

Mostly bushy plains, rugged hills, scrub lands

Facts

Scientific name: diceros bicornis

Also known as hook lipped rhino.

They are hunted nearly to extinction (a species of this already is) just for their horn.

Life span=25-40 years

Sometimes eats branchs, thorny wood bushs

The black rhino are native to central and eastern parts of Africa.

Appearance

They possess two horns, the first short and the second long.

The black rhino are in fact grey, with rough skin.

Short tail, stumpy legs.

But some black rhino are greyish brown.

Horns are made of a substance called keratin, which is the same substance as hair and fingernails

A group of black rhino are called a herd or " crash".

Can weigh to around 2,000 to 4,000 pounds.

Can measure to around twelve feet long