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Description
The White Rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is the largest extant species of rhinoceros. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species.

The white rhino, along with the roughly equal-sized Greater one-horned (Indian) rhino, is the second-largest species of land mammal after the elephant. The white rhino is the least endangered of the living rhino species. Of its two distinct subspecies, the only populations of the southern white rhino populations remain viable. The northern white rhino is believed to be extinct in in its last known habitat in Garamba National Park due to poaching (International Rhino Foundation).

Behavior: White rhinos live on Africa's grassy plains, where they sometimes gather in groups of as many as a dozen individuals. 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.

Under the hot African sun, white rhinos take cover by lying in the shade. Rhinos are also wallowers. They find a suitable water hole and roll in its mud, coating their skin with a natural bug repellent and sunblock.

Rhinos have sharp hearing and a keen sense of smell. They may find one another by following the trail of scent each enormous animal leaves behind it on the landscape.

Size: Males; 12.1 to 13.1 feet in length, shoulder height is 5.58 to 6.10 feet and weigh in 5,070 lbs. The largest male stood 7 feet at the shoulder, 15 feet in length and weigh in 9,920 lbs. / Females; 11.2 to 12.0 feet in length, shoulder height is 5.25 to 5.81 feet and weigh is 3,750 lbs. Tail; 20 to 27.5 inches.

Description
The White Rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is the largest extant species of rhinoceros. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species.

The white rhino, along with the roughly equal-sized Greater one-horned (Indian) rhino, is the second-largest species of land mammal after the elephant. The white rhino is the least endangered of the living rhino species. Of its two distinct subspecies, the only populations of the southern white rhino populations remain viable. The northern white rhino is believed to be extinct in in its last known habitat in Garamba National Park due to poaching (International Rhino Foundation).

Behavior: White rhinos live on Africa's grassy plains, where they sometimes gather in groups of as many as a dozen individuals. 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.

Under the hot African sun, white rhinos take cover by lying in the shade. Rhinos are also wallowers. They find a suitable water hole and roll in its mud, coating their skin with a natural bug repellent and sunblock.

Rhinos have sharp hearing and a keen sense of smell. They may find one another by following the trail of scent each enormous animal leaves behind it on the landscape.

Size: Males; 12.1 to 13.1 feet in length, shoulder height is 5.58 to 6.10 feet and weigh in 5,070 lbs. The largest male stood 7 feet at the shoulder, 15 feet in length and weigh in 9,920 lbs. / Females; 11.2 to 12.0 feet in length, shoulder height is 5.25 to 5.81 feet and weigh is 3,750 lbs. Tail; 20 to 27.5 inches.