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Black Rhinoceros
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The Black rhinoceros (Diceros Bicornis), is sometimes called the 'Hooked-lip rhino'. The rhinoceros is a mammal in the order Perissodactyla and is native to the eastern and central areas of Africa including Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon, South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. Although the Rhino is referred to as black, it is actually more of a grey-white colour in appearance. It will sometimes take on the colour of the soil that it lives around.

The Black Rhinos habitats are mostly bushy plains, rugged hills and scrub lands.

Black Rhinoceros Diet
The Black Rhinoceros is a herbivore that eats leafy plants, branches, shoots, thorny wood bushes and fruit. The Black Rhinos diet helps to reduce the amount of woody plants which results in more grasses growing for the benefit of other animals.

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