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The Black Rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), is a large rhinoceros from Africa. It is one of two African rhinoceros species; the other is the white rhinoceros.

The black rhinoceros is one of the most aggressive rhino species. Rhinos are legendary for their poor eyesight, but their senses of smell and hearing are acute. Although they look clumsy, rhinos can swivel around rapidly to face danger. The immense black rhino is relatively fearless and unpredictable and will charge people or animals, usually stopping just before impact.

Behavior: Except for females and their offspring, black rhinos are solitary. Females reproduce only every two and a half to five years. Their single calf does not live on its own until it is about three years old.

Black rhinos feed at night and during the gloaming hours of dawn and dusk. Under the hot African sun, they take cover by lying in the shade. Rhinos are also wallowers. They often find a suitable water hole and roll in its mud, coating their skin with a natural bug repellent and sun block.

Size: Shoulder height is 4.5 to 6 feet, length is 9.8 to 12.3 feet and weigh in 1,760 to 3,090 lbs. Large male specimens have been reported at up to 6,385 lbs. The females are smaller than the males.

Description
The Black Rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), is a large rhinoceros from Africa. It is one of two African rhinoceros species; the other is the white rhinoceros.

The black rhinoceros is one of the most aggressive rhino species. Rhinos are legendary for their poor eyesight, but their senses of smell and hearing are acute. Although they look clumsy, rhinos can swivel around rapidly to face danger. The immense black rhino is relatively fearless and unpredictable and will charge people or animals, usually stopping just before impact.

Behavior: Except for females and their offspring, black rhinos are solitary. Females reproduce only every two and a half to five years. Their single calf does not live on its own until it is about three years old.

Black rhinos feed at night and during the gloaming hours of dawn and dusk. Under the hot African sun, they take cover by lying in the shade. Rhinos are also wallowers. They often find a suitable water hole and roll in its mud, coating their skin with a natural bug repellent and sun block.

Size: Shoulder height is 4.5 to 6 feet, length is 9.8 to 12.3 feet and weigh in 1,760 to 3,090 lbs. Large male specimens have been reported at up to 6,385 lbs. The females are smaller than the males.