Product Description
This rhinoceros 2 1/2" figure includes hand painted features to give it realistic details that are true to natural anatomy. This figure is considered a High quality replica. Highest Quality Natural Rubber.
While nearly 100 known rhinoceros species have existed throughout the eons, there are currently five species of living rhinos. Two rhino species can be found in Africa and three species can be found in Asia. The two African species are the black rhino and the white rhino. The three Asian species are the Sumatran rhino, the Javan rhino, and the greater one-horned rhino. While 500,000 rhinos roamed Africa and Asia at the beginning of the 20th century, rhino numbers dropped to 70,000 by 1970. Now, as few as 29,000 rhinos remain in the wild. The remaining rhinos can be found outside national parks and reserves. Three species of rhino (black, Javan, and Sumatran) are critically endangered.
Rhinos vary in size and weight depending on the species. Their height can range from 4 to 10 feet. Sumatran rhinos are the smallest of the living rhinos. On average, their height is between 3.3 and 5 feet, their length is between 6.5 and 13 feet, and their weight is 1,320 to 2,090 pounds. Black rhinos are the smaller of the two African rhino species. On average, their height is 5.2 feet and their weight is between 1,720 and 3,080 pounds. The white rhino is the larger African species, weighing 3,080 between and 7,920 pounds and standing at a height between 5 and 6 feet. Javan rhinos are 4.6 to 5.8 feet in height and can weigh between 1,984 and 5,071 pounds. The greater one-horned rhino is the largest of the rhino species, with height ranging from 5.75 to 6.5 feet and weight ranging from 4,000 to 6,000 pounds.
The rhinoceros gets its name from one of its most notable features: its horns. The word rhinoceros come from the Greek words rhino meaning “nose” and ceros meaning “horn.” The number of horns that a rhino has varies on the species. The two African species (the black rhino and the white rhino) and the Sumatran rhino have two horns, while the Javan rhino and one-horned rhino have one horn. Rhinos have thick but sensitive skin, the blood vessels are close to the skin’s surface. Thus, it can be easily scarred. To protect themselves against sunburn and insect bites, rhinos soak in mud or roll in dust. Rhinos’ appearances vary depending on the species. The Sumatran rhinos are the smallest of the living rhinos. They are covered with long hair and are more closely related to the extinct woolly rhinos than any of the other rhino species alive today. The greater one-horned rhino is identified by a single black horn, which is about 8 to 25 inches long. They have a grey-brown hide with skin folds, which gives them an armor-plated appearance. The Javan rhino is very similar in appearance to the closely-related one-horned rhino, but the Javan rhino has a much smaller head and less apparent skin folds. Javan rhinos are a dusky grey color and have a single horn of up to about 10 inches. Both species of African rhinos, black and white rhinos, are the same color. They’re both brownish-gray. Of the two African species, black rhinos are the smaller species. The most notable difference between white and black rhinos is their hooked upper lip. White rhinos are known for their square lip, which distinguishes them from the black rhino. Black rhinos are browsers rather than grazers, and their pointed lip helps them feed on leaves from bushes and trees. Black rhinos have two horns, and occasionally a third, small posterior horn. While rhinos once roamed great portions of Africa and Asia, their range has decreased dramatically in recent years. Rhinos can currently be found in Borneo and Sumatra, Namibia, the Eastern Himalayas, and Coastal East Africa. Their location depends on species. For example, the Sumatran rhino can be found on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo. Meanwhile, the white rhino and the black rhino can be found in Africa.
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