Rhino

Rhinoceros: general characteristics.

Rhinos belong to the class of herbivorous odd-toed mammals, and are part of the rhino family. It is noteworthy that in addition to the conditional similarity with elephants and hippos, rhinos have nothing in common with them, but horses, tapirs and zebras are distant relatives. Rhinos are ancient and unique animals.

A large herbivore, whose distinguishing feature is huge horns protruding from the top of the head. Some species, such as black and white rhinos, have two horns, while other members of this family, such as.

Today, three species of rhino are listed as “Endangered” and cling to small pockets of habitat. With its distinctive horn and massive size.

Rhinos are large animals. With its impressive weight of 2 to 4 tons and a length of about 3 meters or more, the height is only 1.5 meters. Such parameters give the right to call the rhinoceros a squat animal. Pictured is a white rhino. As previously mentioned, the head of a rhinoceros is decorated with horns. For example, in Africa, in particular, in Zambia, these unique animals have three, and sometimes five, horn processes.

Animal rhinoceros is one of the largest on earth. It occupies an honorable second place in size among herbivores, second only to the elephant. The body length reaches 4 meters, and the weight can exceed 3 tons. Its ancestor is the extinct woolly rhinoceros, which disappeared 8-14 thousand years ago. 

Rhinos, together with horses and tapirs, belong to the order of equids, which are