Rhinoceros Facts

• White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum): Eastern and Southern Africa
• Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis): Inhabits a few small patches of land in Malaysia and Indonesia (primarily the Island of Sumatra). It is listed as critically endangered
• Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis): Eastern and Southern Africa critically endangered
• Javan Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus): Inhabits two small patches of land in Vietnam and Indonesia. They are the most endangered of the Rhinoceros species.
• Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis): India and Nepal

Here are some common Rhinoceros facts.

• Reaching thirteen feet in length and tippin the scales at close to five thousand pounds, the White Rhinoceros is the largest Rhinoceros species.
• Reaching ten feet in length and tipping the scales at one thousand seven hundred pounds, the Sumatran Rhinoceros is the smallest Rhinoceros species.
• Rhinoceros horns hare made of the same material, keratin, as fingernails.
• Javan Rhinoceros and Indian Rhinoceros have one horn.
• Sumatran, Black and White Rhinoceros have two horns.
• Rhinoceros are classified as herbivores. Some species at grass and other species eat buds, leaves and fruit.
• A group of Rhinoceros are called a crash.

© 2010 Patricia A. Michaels