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Rhinocerous

Once found widely on the grassy savannas of Africa, both African species of rhino are rare now, poached to near extinction.Today there are about 8,000, protected in reserves in Kenya, northern Tanzania, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia. There are about 5,000 white rhinos in reserves in South Africa (southern race only-the northern race is limited to a handful of animals in the Congo region).

Black rhinos feed on a variety of foliage and shoots of trees, and they occasionally feed on grass. White rhinos feed only on grass.

Rhinos use their muscular lips to aid them in eating, and they can go for several days without water. They wallow in mud most days, especially when it's hot. Black rhinos feed more at night, and white rhinos feed during portions of the night and day. Both occupy home ranges of varying size.

The white rhino is more social than the black rhino, forming small groups of female and young. The black rhino is mostly solitary, although there may be groups at waterholes. Rhinos look like slow-moving, bulky creatures but they are agile and can run very fast when necessary.

Below is the Rhino picture gallery. Click on the 'next' or 'back' button to navigate through the pictures.

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Game Drives & Safaris

Find out more about our game drives and view Rhinos up close in their natural environment.

View other remarkable wildlife found in Southern Africa.

· African Elephant
· Black Backed Jackal
· Buffalo
· Cheetah
· Giraffe
· Hyena
· Impala
· Kudu
· Leopard
· Lion
· Wild Dog
· Zebra

	The Rhino truly looks like a relic from the prehistoric era.The Black Rhino stands 55 to 65 inches (aprox. 150 cm) at the shoulder and weighs 1,700 to 3,500 lbs (770 to 1,590 kg). The White (or square-lipped) Rhino, (Ceratotherium simun) is much larger, standing 70 to 80 inches (aprox. 190 cm) at the shoulder and nearly double the weight at 6,500 to 8,000 lbs. (2,900 to 3,600 kg.). The White Rhino is actually grey (or more often, brown from the mud it wallows in).