What is the difference between African Rhinoceroses – the White Rhinoceros and the Black Rhinoceros?
A White Rhinoceros is grey and a Black Rhinoceros is dark grey.
A White Rhinoceros is larger than a Black Rhinoceros.
A White Rhinoceros has shorter horns than a Black Rhinoceros.
A White Rhinoceros is a grazer (eats grass) and a Black Rhinoceros is a browser (eats leaves and twigs from trees).
A White Rhinoceros has a square lip and a Black Rhinoceros has a hooked lip.
A White Rhinoceros has a heavy low head and a Black Rhinoceros holds its head up higher.
White Rhinoceros (left) and Black Rhinoceros (right)
Photographer: Martina Nicolls
Martina Nicolls: SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM