The Beautiful Black Rhinoceros Quiz

Answer: Africa

The black rhinoceros is found exclusively in eastern and central African nations, specifically in Cameroon, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Kenya. It is one of two distinct species of rhinoceros found in Africa, the other being the white rhinoceros, which alternatively is referred to as a 'square-lipped' rhino.

Answer: No

Black rhinos are referred to as 'herbivorous browsers' and eat fruit, leafy plants, and branches off of trees. Their diet of plants and greens is exceedingly vast and they enjoy eating all kinds of different types of vegetation. While the shape of their lip assists black rhinos in browsing for food, the square-lip of the white rhino helps it with grazing.

Answer: 30 to 35 years

If a rhino manages to live a full life, the typical lifespan of a black rhinoceros will be 30 to 35 years, whereas they could live for up to 45-50 years in captivity. Interestingly enough, despite their size, a black rhino can also run up to 35 miles per hour.

Answer: sound and smell

Black rhinos' ears are tube-shaped and are able to rotate in every direction. Since rhinos lack keen eyesight, their sense of hearing allows them to detect sounds and disturbances from considerable distances, thus helping to evade predators. In addition, their sense of smell allows them to sense predators and locate food.

Answer: False

Traditionally, black rhinos are very aggressive and are known to charge other animals, frequently other rhinos, at random; black rhinos have the highest rate of mortal combat encounters of any group of mammals. There are also incidences of black rhinos charging inanimate objects, such as tree trunks.

Answer: mate

While mothers and their calves may live together for some time, they tend not to allow other rhinos to join them. Due to their tendency to be violent, black rhinos will frequently fight with one another whenever they encounter each other; it contributes to the death of many rhinos.

Answer: poaching

While the future of the black rhino is certainly impacted by changes in the environment, competing species, disease, and overconsumption of certain minerals, such as iron, the single most prevalent and detrimental threat to the black rhino is the illegal rhino horn trade. Horns have been used in non-traditional medicines and turned into cups dating back to 1200 B.C. and poaching continues throughout Africa.

Answer: 15-16 months

After being born, black rhino calves will stay with their mothers for up to three years, generally when their mother births another calf. While some mothers and daughters may live together for longer periods of time, rhino mothers begin to wean their young at age 2.

Answer: keratin

The black rhino's horns are two different sizes, with one far larger than the other. A rhino's horn does not attach to its skull, but is essentially a dense compacted mass made of the same material we find in our fingernails and hair.

Answer: True

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) maintains "Red List of Threatened Species" which ranks a massive catalogue of biological species in a variety of levels, such as: Extinct, Extinct in the Wild, Endangered, Vulnerable, and Critically Endangered.