You might think that there is an actual colour difference between the Black Rhino (Diceros bicornis) and the White Rhino (Ceratoherium simum) but there is not. They are very close in color. The differences between the two Rhino’ are the shape of their mouth and their body.
The Black Rhino is the smaller of the two Rhino’s. They can weigh around 1500kg and can grow up to 1.6m at the shoulder. The Rhinos’ mouth is small and hooked-shaped upper lip for eating small trees and shrubs. Their face is lifted upwards so when they eat they don’t need to lift their head high to reach the food. The Black Rhino can get very aggressive. The White Rhino is the bigger of the two. They can weight up to 2500kg and 1.6m at the shoulder. The Rhinos mouth is very flat and wide. This helps them get big mouthfuls of grass when eating. The Rhinos’ face is positioned downwards and easier to graze on grass.
The Rhinos are found in many places over the world. The Black Rhino lives mostly in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya and …show more content…
This method is more time consuming than the other methods but it makes more accurate.
This graph shows the total population of Black and White Rhinos. In the graph above you can see the Black Rhino population is much less than the White Rhino population. In 2011 you can see a rise in the Black Rhino population where they protected the species well. Although the black Rhino population is low it is slowly increasing. The White Rhino population has the most Rhinos. It is slowly increasing more each year. Poaching is still decreasing the amount of Rhinos, which makes the growing rate of the populating less.
Each year the amount of Rhinos being poached is drastically increasing. At this rate of poaching there are not going to be many Rhinos left in the next few years. The poaching needs to stop in order to keep the Rhino population alive and the people that are poaching the Rhinos need to be
The Black Rhino is the smaller of the two Rhino’s. They can weigh around 1500kg and can grow up to 1.6m at the shoulder. The Rhinos’ mouth is small and hooked-shaped upper lip for eating small trees and shrubs. Their face is lifted upwards so when they eat they don’t need to lift their head high to reach the food. The Black Rhino can get very aggressive. The White Rhino is the bigger of the two. They can weight up to 2500kg and 1.6m at the shoulder. The Rhinos mouth is very flat and wide. This helps them get big mouthfuls of grass when eating. The Rhinos’ face is positioned downwards and easier to graze on grass.
The Rhinos are found in many places over the world. The Black Rhino lives mostly in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya and …show more content…
This method is more time consuming than the other methods but it makes more accurate.
This graph shows the total population of Black and White Rhinos. In the graph above you can see the Black Rhino population is much less than the White Rhino population. In 2011 you can see a rise in the Black Rhino population where they protected the species well. Although the black Rhino population is low it is slowly increasing. The White Rhino population has the most Rhinos. It is slowly increasing more each year. Poaching is still decreasing the amount of Rhinos, which makes the growing rate of the populating less.
Each year the amount of Rhinos being poached is drastically increasing. At this rate of poaching there are not going to be many Rhinos left in the next few years. The poaching needs to stop in order to keep the Rhino population alive and the people that are poaching the Rhinos need to be