The two females are incapable of a successful pregnancy: Najin is too old and issues with her legs make it impossible for her to support the weight of a mounting male Fatu has a uterine condition that will likely keep her from breeding, according to experts. The captive northern white rhinos are two females - Najin, Sudan's daughter, and Fatu, Najin's daughter - which live in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. There are now only two northern white rhinos left in the world, both living in captivity, according to the World Wildlife Fund. On March 20, 2018, the conservancy announced the death of the last male northern white rhino, Sudan. He was not a victim of poaching, however, and the conservancy was investigating the cause of death. 18, 2014, Ol Pejeta Conservancy announced that one of them, one of the last two breeding males, had died. In 2009, four northern white rhinos were moved from a zoo in the Czech Republic to a private conservancy in Kenya in the hope that they would breed, according to the IUCN. However, the northern white rhino is considered 'extinct' in the wild. Southern white rhinos have an increasing population there are 20,405 southern white rhinos.

White rhinos are 'near threatened,' which means they may be considered threatened by extinction in the near future.The total population estimate in 2007 was 2,575 individuals, according to the IUCN. Fortunately, their population is increasing there are 3,333 greater one-horned rhinos in the world. Greater one-horned rhinos are 'vulnerable,' which means they may become endangered unless circumstances improve.There are 5,055 black rhinos, fewer than 100 Sumatran rhinos and only 35 to 44 Javan rhinos. Black rhinos, Sumatran rhinos and Javan rhinos are 'critically endangered,' which is the list's highest risk category.It makes our rhino keepers’ job much easier.A black rhino carcass with the horn hacked off. Rhinos choose a spot and always poo there, much like a toilet. The gestation period, or pregnancy, of a rhino is 15 to 16 months.Ī midden is a pile of rhino poo. Three of these are critically endangered – the black rhino, the Sumatran and the Javan.īlack rhinos live in grassland, scrubland and bushes. Indian rhino (also known as the greater one-horned rhino).

They are listed below in order of size, starting with the biggest: Baby rhinos make squealing and screeching sounds. Rhinos make grunting and sniffing noises. It’s possible the word ‘white’ in white rhino was wrongly translated from the Dutch word for wide (‘wijd’), describing its mouth. The front horn is the largest at about 50cm long, but some have reached up to 140cm.īlack rhinos, white rhinos, it doesn’t matter. The black, white and Sumatran rhino has two horns. Black rhino can be very aggressive and will charge at anything that scares them.Īn adult black rhino weighs between 8 kilograms. They eat leafy plants, branches, shoots, bushes and fruit. Black rhinos are the third biggest of the five types of rhino.As the saying goes, rhinos do have thick skin, but they can still get sun burnt.Black rhinos have a ‘prehensile’, meaning hooked, lip for pulling leaves off branches.‘Rhino’ means ‘nose’ and ‘ceros’ means ‘horn’. The biggest danger to rhinos is poaching, or being killed for their horn. You can find out more about how we’re helping black rhino conservation and find out about our new baby boy born in January 2020. The Eastern black rhino is seriously at risk of becoming extinct. They love rolling in the mud and charging around. They live in our Kifaru Reserve enclosure. They usually live between 35 and 50 years, and most black rhinos live in East Africa, in Tanzania. They also have a strong sense of smell and this is what they use most to make sense of what’s around them. They can swivel their cone shaped ears to pick up on the tiniest of sounds.

Black rhinos have bad eyesight but they have excellent hearing.

Cool rhino pictures