White Rhinoceros
General information
- Weight: 1,800 - 2,700 kg (4,000 – 6,000 lbs)
- Height (at shoulder): 1,5 – 1,8 m (5 -6 ft)
- Length (head and body): 3,8 – 5 m (12,5 – 15 ft)
- Anterior Horn length: 0,94 – 1,02 m (37 in – 40 in)
- Posterior Horn length: up to 0,55 m (up to 22 in)
- Lifespan: 40 to 50 years
- Characteristics: wide upper lip and a noticeable hump on the back of its neck.
- White Rhinos may reach speeds of 50 km/h (28 m/h)
- White Rhinos are are semi-territorial and more social than the Black Rhino
- Males are mainly solitary and territorial, sometimes satelite males share territories.
- Female are more social, aswell as subadults.
- White Rhinos graze during the morning and evening and sleep or wallow during the afternoon.
- Gestation period: around 16 months.
- Birth intervals per calf: 2 to 3 years.
- Female sexual maturity: at 6 to 7 years
- Male sexual maturity: at 7 to 10 years
- Newborn weaned: at 2 months (may continue suckling to over 12 months)
- Pre 20th century numbers: 100
- Curent numbers in wild: 14,500
- Curent numbers in captivity: 777
- Habitat: tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands.
- Historic Natural Range: Southern White Rhino subspecies in Southern Africa (Namibia, Botswana, South, Zimbabwe & Mozambique) and the Northern White subspecies in Central Africa (Northern Congo, Southern Sudan & Western Uganda)
- Current Range: In several National Parks primarily located in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe & Kenya.
- White Rhinos are grazers and primarily feed on grasses
- White Rhinos can live up to 4 to 5 days without water.