male and female Black Rhino

at dawn in the wild in South Africa.

It is quite rare to see a male and female together

 

IUCN RED LIST STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED

Black Rhinoceros, also called Hooked-lip Rhinoceros

diceros bicornis

zwarte neushoorn of puntlipneushoorn

rhinocéros noir

Spitzmaulnashorn

rinoceronte negro o de labio ganchudo

rinoceronte nero

rinoceronte-negro

 

Major characteristics differentiating the Black Rhino from the Square-lipped (or White) Rhino:

* smaller (weight and height)

* no hump on the neck; also the head is shorter and held well above the ground

* has a pointed prehensile upper lip and uses it to grab leaves and twigs

* less social

* typically more temperamental

 

Nikon Z9 560mm f/4

 

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