Facts about Rhino
African rhinos fight with their horns, using them to impale and throw their adversaries, while the Asian rhino fights with their bottom teeth, using them in a slashing motion.
African rhinos feed low to the ground, whereas the Asian rhino browses on leaves that are higher up.
Poaching and encroachment remain a large threat to the Sumatran rhinos and they are currently listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.
The female platypus has a pair of ovaries but only the left one is functional.
The name white rhino originated in South Africa where the Afrikaans language developed from the Dutch language.
The gestation period of the rhino is 16 months and the calf is born weighing about 65 kilograms (145 pounds).
Behaviorally, it has been found that African rhinos are more aggressive than Asian rhinos.
Rhinos in North America became locally extinct during the Pliocene, and in northern Asia and Europe during the Pleistocene.
Rhinos have 24-34 teeth, mostly premolars and molars for grinding (dental formula 1-2/0-1, 0/1-1, 3-4/3-4, 3/3).
Both African and Asian rhinos sleep in both standing and laying positions and both enjoy wallowing in muddy pools and sandy riverbeds.
When male adult black rhinos meet they often perform a complex ceremony involving stiff-legged scraping, imposing postures, and short charges sometimes accompanied by screaming groans.
The one-horned rhino males are aggressive and are known to challenge other males for dominance.
The canines and incisors are vestigial except for the lower incisors in Asian rhinos, which are developed into powerful slashing tusks.
Indian rhinos, or one-horned rhinos, are highly vocal animals and produce a variety of sounds.
An alternative disposal method, transmutation, has been demonstrated at CERN for technetium-99.
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Rhinos have an elongate skull, which is elevated posteriorly and a relatively small braincase for mammals this size (400-600g).
Both African and Asian rhinos are more active in the evening, night, and early morning, while spending the hot day time resting in the shade.
The white rhino is the most common of all rhinos and consists of two subspecies, with the northern subspecies being rarer than the southern.
The most obvious distinguishing characteristic of the rhinos is a large horn above the nose.
African rhinos fight with their horns, using them to impale and throw their adversaries, while the Asian rhino fights with their bottom teeth, using them in a slashing motion.