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A rhino resting in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.
The word "rhinoceros" is derived from the Greek words rhino, meaning nose, and keras, meaning horn; hence "horn-nosed".
The White Rhino, along with the roughly equal-sized Indian Rhino, is the largest species of land mammal after the elephant.
The rhino is capable of reaching one ton or more in weight has a herbivorous diet and a thick protective skin, 1.5-5 cm thick. The rhino is prized for its horn. Not a true horn, it is made of thickly matted hair that grows from the skull without skeletal support. Rhinoceros also have acute hearing and sense of smell, but poor eyesight over any distance. Most rhinoceros live to be about 50 years old or more. | 
