| SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION |
| COMMON NAME: | black rhinoceros |
| KINGDOM: | Animalia |
| PHYLUM: | Chordata |
| CLASS: | Mammalia |
| ORDER: | Perissodactyla |
| FAMILY: | Rhinocerotidae |
| GENUS SPECIES: | Diceros (two horns) bicornis (two horn) |
| FAST FACTS |
| DESCRIPTION: | Large stocky animal, naturally gray in color but will often take on the color of the local soil; two facial horns and a prehensile lip |
| SIZE: | 1.5-1.9 m (5-6 ft.) tall at shoulder; 3.1- 3.7 m long (10-12 ft.) |
| WEIGHT: | 454-1362 kg (1,000-3,000 lb.) |
| FEMALE | Females are smaller |
| DIET: | Herbivore that browses on bushes, leaves, and seedlings |
| GESTATION: | 15 months |
| SEXUAL MATURITY: | |
| MALE | 7-9 years |
| FEMALE | 4-6 years |
| LIFE SPAN: | 25-40 years |
| RANGE: | Isolated areas of central and southern |
| HABITAT: | Bushy plains, rugged hills, and scrub lands |
| POPULATION: | GLOBAL | Less than 2,550 |
| STATUS: | IUCN | No data |
| CITES | No data | |
| USFWS | Endangered |
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