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The five species of rhinoceros

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Common Name	The White rhino	The Black rhino	The Greater one-horned rhino	The Sumatran rhino	The Javan rhino

AKA	The square-lipped rhino	The hook-lipped rhino	The Indian rhino	The hairy rhino	The lesser one-horned rhino
Scientific Name	Ceratotherium simum	Diceros bicornis	Rhinoceros unicornis	Dicerorhinus sumatrensis	Rhinoceros sondaicus
Current Range	South Africa, Botswana, DRC, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda	Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, S Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe	India and Nepal	Sumatran (Indonesia) and Sabah (Malaysia)	Java (Indonesia), Vietnam
Height	1.5 - 1.8m	1.6m	1.75 - 2m	1 - 1.5m	1.4 -1.7m
Weight	1,800 - 2,500 kg	900 - 1,350kg	1,800 - 2,500kg	600 - 950kg	900 - 2,300kg
Status	Near Threatened	Critically Endangered	Vulnerable	Critically Endangered	Critically Endangered
Population	20,170	4,880	2,850	160-300?	38-49
Rhino Fact	The white rhino was once on the brink of extinction with only around 50 individuals left in the wild!	Black rhino are most active during the night-time when most of their foraging and drinking is done	The Goh rhino are good swimmers and can dive and feed under water	The Sumatran rhino has been on earth longer than any other living mammal	The Javan rhino is possibly the rarest large mammal on Earth