The Black Rhino; Agile But Fragile. Rhinoceros Facts.

 

Black Rhino

Interesting Information on the Black Rhino sometimes called the Hook-lipped Rhino

Weight of the Black Rhino:

Male: 720-14000kg.

Female: 750-1100kg.

Life Expectancy of The Black Rhino:

30-40 years.

Food Eaten by Black Rhino:

The Black Rhino is an exclusive browser and will eat various plant material such as fruits, leaves, branches and thorns, this is easily accomplished using its hooked lips.

Predators:

African Lion and Spotted Hyaena.

Habitat of The Black Rhino:

The Black Rhino is a secretive mammal and is found in dense shrubby areas with a lot of water, they also venture into riverine and normal forest.

Black Rhino, When Active:

The Black Rhino is diurnal and nocturnal but is more active at night.

Special Information on The Black Rhino:

The Black Rhino, like the White Rhino, suffered a lot from poaching and at one stage there were only about 180 left in the wild in the whole of South Africa. A stronghold of the Black Rhino was Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve and in the years as the Black Rhino started to make a comeback this reserve supplied Black Rhino to the Kruger National Park, where in years before the Black Rhino had been poached to extinction in the park.

The Black Rhino are very shy, and are solitary creatures unless there are mothers with their young. There are a few subspecies of the Black Rhino, and their distribution in South Africa is patchy with the highest densities of the Black Rhino occurring in the Kruger National Park and in the province of Kwazulu Natal.

Black Rhino are smaller than White Rhino and are very agile for their size. The Black Rhino can achieve a speed of 45km\h. They are very dangerous when approached on foot.