THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE RHINOS:
There is no colour difference between the black and the white rhino species.
Black Rhinos
- are smaller than white rhinos, standing a 1.6 m;
- are browsers with pointy lips to help them feed on leaves from bushes and trees;
- have two horns and occasionally develop a third, small posterior horn;
- prefer woodlands, forest, semi-desert savanna, and wetlands;
- are solitary, territorial, and known to be aggressive;
- are native to East and Southern Africa. But today they are extinct in many of their historic range areas.
White Rhinos
- are the largest of the rhino species, standing at 1.8 m;
- are grazers with a wide flat mouth to help them eat grass;
- have two horns, the anterior being larger than the posterior;
- prefer long and short grass savanna areas;
- are semi-social, sedentary, and territorial;
- are native to Southern Africa. Found mostly in South Africa. But today they are extinct in many of their historic range areas.