Rhinoceros Facts and Information

- Rhinoceroses are frequently killed by humans for their valuable horns, made of keratin (like human hair and fingernails).

- Both African subspecies of the rhinoceros have two horns, while the Indian and Javan rhinoceroses have two.

- Rhinoceroses have great hearing and smell, but poor vision.

- Many rhinoceroses live to be over 60 years old.

- Nearly all rhinoceros species are listed as critically endangered.

- The white rhinoceros is the second most massive land animal in the world, along with the Indian rhinoceros and the hippopotamus.

- The largest white rhinoceros was 10,000 pounds.

- The name of the black rhinoceros was chosen to distinguish it from the white rhinoceros. However, they have a very similar color.

- The Javan Rhino is likely the rarest mammal in the world.

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