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The name comes from the fact that this is a Black, rather than White Rhino, and the curious circumstance that Black Rhino's ain't black, and White Rhinos ain't white.
For those that don't know the story, The White rhino got its name from its wide, flat mouth, specially adapted to mowing grass. In Afrikaans, which is commonly spoken in South Africa, 'Weid' means 'wide' and this somehow got stuffed up (possibly due to the fact that Whites are generally paler than Blacks) and people have called them Black and White Rhinos ever since.
The big differences between the species are in the mouths and necks. White rhinos are adapted to grazing as mentioned, while Black Rhinos like this guy have deeply hooked lips which they use almost like a short trunk to Browse the leaves of shrubs in what little is left of their habitat. Blacks also lack the huge neck humps of Whites which are also generally a tad larger and keep their babies in front of them (where they can see them on the open plain) rather than behind (Blacks do this so they can barge a path through the shrubs for baby to follow and so baby isn't ambushed in their scrubby habitat).
I rather like Rhinoceroses of all kinds in case you hadn't gathered, they have such an incredibly hulking design, just hearing one snort up close shakes the ground and damn near clears the bowel!

Description
The name comes from the fact that this is a Black, rather than White Rhino, and the curious circumstance that Black Rhino's ain't black, and White Rhinos ain't white.
For those that don't know the story, The White rhino got its name from its wide, flat mouth, specially adapted to mowing grass. In Afrikaans, which is commonly spoken in South Africa, 'Weid' means 'wide' and this somehow got stuffed up (possibly due to the fact that Whites are generally paler than Blacks) and people have called them Black and White Rhinos ever since.
The big differences between the species are in the mouths and necks. White rhinos are adapted to grazing as mentioned, while Black Rhinos like this guy have deeply hooked lips which they use almost like a short trunk to Browse the leaves of shrubs in what little is left of their habitat. Blacks also lack the huge neck humps of Whites which are also generally a tad larger and keep their babies in front of them (where they can see them on the open plain) rather than behind (Blacks do this so they can barge a path through the shrubs for baby to follow and so baby isn't ambushed in their scrubby habitat).
I rather like Rhinoceroses of all kinds in case you hadn't gathered, they have such an incredibly hulking design, just hearing one snort up close shakes the ground and damn near clears the bowel!