black rhinoceros

Eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli)

Eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli)

Eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli)

Taken 4/8/24

Diceros bicornis

Vintage postcard, seen at a local antique store, showing mother rhino "Katharina" and her very young calf.

I think it was discussed before, but recently I was impressed again by horns of some wild rhinos. Not only much longer than in zoos, but also different shape - narrow and pointed. Zoo rhinos have more like thick stumps...

Photo taken August 7, 2019

Photo taken August 7, 2019

Single black rhino in the rhino & tapir house

Diceros bicornis.

Black rhinoceros enclosure

do you think that a zoo could successfully group a hippo, black rhino, and a cheetah and possibly an African elephant in the same enclosure. what are the biggest problems you can foresee, how big would it have to be, and how many/ what gender should each spp. be. Thanks!;)

0.2 black rhino have arrived at La Teste Zoo du Bassin d´Arcachon (a zoo i had never heard of before now) from the Dvur Kralove zoo in the Czech Republic. The new facilities look very impressive, this is now the 3rd collection in France to hold black rhino. NOUVEAUTE 2012 | Facebook Other...

A female black rhino at the zoo is very close now to giving birth and the zoo has installed a webcam in her indoor quarters, which can be viewed here...

Tomorrow Chester Zoo's team of Rhino Maniacs set off on their trek up Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. For those not already aware, their aim is to raise £10K towards the conservation of the critically-endangered eastern black rhino, both in Africa and at Chester Zoo. The team of nine has come...