1. ENDANGER
ED SPECIES
By Edward Pownall

2.  Black rhinos live in the south and on the
eastern sides of Africa
 Black rhinos are threatened by poachers
hunting them for their ivory horns
 The horns are used in Chinese medicine and
are used by artists in carvings
 The black rhinos scientific name is Diceros
bicornis
 Their population is 2 300

3.  Black rhinos have two horns
 The black rhino has three toes
 Black rhinos have a thick hairless grey hide
 It also has a pointed upper lip
 Black rhinos weigh 800 to 1400 kg
 Black rhinos are 1.4 m to 1.8 m tall

4.  Black rhino’s eats woody twigs ,legumes and a
wide variety of plant species
 The rhinos eat at dusk and dawn
 If water is available the rhino will drink it
 The black rhino has a funny lip used for eating
plants

5.  Black Rhinos have Black rhinos have various
habitats, but mainly areas with dense, woody
vegetation and water holes
Map of where
the black rhino
lives.

6.  Black rhinos are solitary animals
 Rhinos tend to be ill tempered when they are in
areas that are being disturbed
 Their vocabulary doesn't extend beyond
growls, grunts, squeaks, snorts and bellows
 When fighting they lower their head and
charge, reaching up to 30 km/h
 The rhinos closest relationships are between
the calf and a female; that usually lasts 2-4
years

7.  Rhinos have a small bird called oxpecker that
follows the rhino around; the bird eats ticks it
finds on the rhino and noisily warns of danger
 In the 70’s and 80’s the rhino population
declined because of poaching
 The rhino horn is in demand in Asia for
carving ornamental and a medicine

8.  The black rhino has no natural predators
 And despite its size it relatively easy for a man
to kill
 Rhinos have to go to a water hole every day, so
poachers ambush them there
 There is a dramatic decline in numbers; luckily
conservation efforts are helping to stop them
becoming extinct

9.  Black rhino
wwf.panda.org/what_we.../rhinoceros/...rhinos/black
_rhinoceros/ 4/6/12
 Black rhino
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_rhinoceros
4/8/12
 Black rhino www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/rhino
7/8/12
 Black rhino www.awf.org 7/8/12
 Map www.defenders.org 17/9/12