Only African and Asian elephants are taller at the shoulder than the two largest rhinoceros speciesthe white, or square-lipped, rhinoceros. Black Rhino POPULATION: 3,610 HABITAT: Grasslands, savannahs and tropical bushlands in Africa Weight: 800 - 1,350 kg Height: 1.4 - 1.7 m tall at shoulder. The IUCN estimates that there are 3,142 mature individuals remaining in the wild. Unfortunately, how rhino utilize habitat, especially areas called bedding sites, is not well. rhinoceros, (family Rhinocerotidae), plural rhinoceroses, rhinoceros, or rhinoceri, any of five or six species of giant horn -bearing herbivores that include some of the largest living land mammals. The black rhinoceros occupies a variety of habitats, including open plains, sparse thorn scrub, savannas, thickets, and dry forests, as well as mountain forests and moorlands at high altitudes.
They once inhabited much of sub-saharan Africa. Three subspecies have been declared extinct, including the western black rhinoceros, which was declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2011. It stands 1.5 metres (5 feet) high at the shoulder and is 3.5 metres (11.5 feet) long. Habitat The Western Black Rhinoceros was last recorded living in Cameroon. The species overall is classified as critically endangered (even though the south-western black rhinoceros is classified as near threatened) and is threatened by multiple factors including poaching and habitat reduction. These species are now sometimes referred to as the square-lipped (for white) or hook-lipped (for black) rhinoceros. Due to persistent hunting, poaching and destruction of rhinoceros habitat, only about 5,000 black rhinos survive in Africa today, making them critically. The word "white" in the name "white rhinoceros" is often said to be a misinterpretation of the Afrikaans word wyd ( Dutch wijd) meaning wide, referring to its square upper lip, as opposed to the pointed or hooked lip of the black rhinoceros. The other African rhinoceros is the white rhinoceros ( Ceratotherium simum). Document Information click to expand document information. 0 ratings 0 found this document useful (0 votes) 12 views. Uploaded by Mehrab Jami Aumit 1812818630. Extant & Assisted Colonisation (resident) Examples: West African Black Rhinoceros: Poachers Hunted The Rhino For Its Horn, Which Is. Found in South Africa, Zimbabwe, southern Tanzania and reintroduced to Botswana, Malawi, Swaziland and Zambia.
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