People often do not know which of the two rhinos they are looking at when out on game drive.
It is quite easy to distinguish between the White or Black Rhinoceros.
Both the white and the black Rhino are herbivores.
But the Black Rhinoceros is a browser and the white Rhinoceros is a grazer
White Rhinoceros |
Black Rhinoceros |
Two horns, with a hump on the neck | Two horns, with no hump on the neck |
Larger than Black Rhino | Smaller than White Rhino |
Bigger head, carried lower for browsing | Smaller head, which is carried higher for grazing |
Flat , wide shaped mouth | Hooked-shaped lip |
Bigger ears | Smaller ears |