The Extincted Black Rhinoceros by Brandon Leon

Common Name:

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Black Rhinoceros, Hook-lipped Rhinoceros

Scientific Name (genus and species):

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*Scientific Name:

Diceros bicornis

*Species:

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus: Ceratotherium (white rhinos)
Genus: Dicerorhinus (Sumatran rhinos)
Genus: Rhinoceros (Javan and Indian rhinos)
Genus: Diceros

Kingdom: Animalia

Female Adult Black Rhinoceros with her baby

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Description and Physical Features:

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Size: 2.9 - 3.75 m (114-148 in.

Color: Dark yellow brown to dark brown or dark gray.

Body Weight: 1,000 - 1,800 kg (2200 - 3970 lbs)

Tail Length: 60 - 70 cm (24 - 28 in.)

Physical Features:

Poor eyesight
Goodsenseofsmellandhearing
The upper lip of the black rhinoceros is pointed (hence the name hook lipped) unlike other rhinos that have a flat lip.

Behavior:

Active both day and night
Most inactive between 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM, the hottest part of the day.
Most feeding occurs in the hours before and after this inactive period.
Most watering activity (traveling to and drinking water) was observed between 3:00 and sundown.

Highlighted area where Black Rhino's habitats can be found:

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What the Rhino's ate:

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leaves
twigs
branches.

Reasons why Rhinos Are Extincted:

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Hunting
European hunters were responsible for the starting of less Rhinos. Finding rhinos are easy prey, there are common accounts of killing five or six in a day, to be eaten or simply for amusement.

Poaching Poaching of African rhinos for their horns escalated from the 1970s, and remains the greatest threat to black rhinos. People poached the Rhinos mostly for money.

Habitat loss
Habitat changes have also contributed to population declines, although this is a secondary threat after poaching. In southern Zimbabwe, privately owned rhino conservancies have been invaded by landless people, reducing safe habitat for two large black rhino populations and increasing the risk of poaching and snaring.

Biblography:

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"Black Rhino Fact Sheet." Black Rhino Fact Sheet. 15 Mar. 2014 <http://library.sandiegozoo.org/factsheets/black_rhino/black_rhino.htm>.

"Black Rhinoceros - A Critically Endangered Species." HubPages. 15 Mar. 2014 <http://livingsta.hubpages.com/hub/Black-Rhinoceros-A-Critically-Endangered-Species>.

"Black rhinoceros." WWF. 13 Mar. 2014 <http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/rhinoceros/african_rhinos/black_rhinoceros/>.

"Diceros bicornis." (Black Rhinoceros, Hook-lipped Rhinoceros). 14 Mar. 2014 <http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6557/0>.