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Black rhino

  • Best feature

  • Their horns are for their protection and territorial fighting.

  • Size

  • Between 1.4-1.7m tall (at shoulder height) and between 800-1,350kg in weight.

Black Rhino

Black Rhino

  • Favourite food

  • They’re herbivores and like to eat trees and bushes.

  • Home

  • They live in a wide variety of habitats, from desert areas in Namibia, to wetter forested areas.

Black Rhino

Black Rhino

  • Current population

  • Around 4,000.

  • Biggest threat

  • Poachers who hunt them for their horns.

  • That’s a fact!

  • Both black and white rhinos are actually grey!

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