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The Black rhino or the Hook-lipped rhino (Diceros bicornis) ![]() The black rhino is a browsing animal, feeding on leaves from bushes. It can eat coarser vegetation than most other herbivores. Black rhinos are found in savannah grasslands, open woodlands and also in mountain forests. A hundred years ago there may have been as many as a million black rhinos in Africa. Now, only about 2,400 black rhinos are left. Most of them live in closely-guarded Parks and Reserves. ![]() The White rhino or the Square-lipped rhino (Ceratotherium simum) The white rhino, found in the grasslands of southern Africa and north-east Zaire, has two horns and is the largest land mammal after the elephant. It is 4 m long, 1.5 to 1.8 m tall and weighs up to 2,500 kg. It has a long head and large ears and carries its head lower than the black rhino. The white rhino is actually pale grey in colour: its name is actually derived from the Boer word ‘wijde’, which means 'wide' and refers to its broad upper lip. ![]() White rhinos in Zaire are highly endangered. Only about 30 of them survive in the Garamba National Park, where WWF has had a project to protect them for many years. In southern Africa, white rhinos are doing well and can be seen by tourists in many Parks and private sanctuaries. |
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