Species of rhino

The white rhino recovered from near extinction as a species, thanks to intensive conservation efforts. The latest population estimate is 20,405, the vast majority live in a single country South Africa, which is currently experiencing a poaching crisis

The smaller of the two African species, the black rhino is now critically endangered, with just 5,055 remaining in the wild. They are 'browsers' (eating trees, bushes and shrubs) with a specially-adapted upper lip that helps them to forage

Greater one-horned rhinos are adapted to living close to bodies of water, in the floodplains and forests of India and Nepal. Don't be deceived by the armour plates: they are actually folds of skin

The Sumatran rhino is the closest relative alive of the famous woolly rhinoceros that lived during the ice-ages. It is thought of as the most 'primitive' because of its hairy skin and other ancient characteristics

The rarest of the rhino species, and possibly the rarest large mammal on earth, the Javan rhino can now only be found in Ujung Kulon National Park and has rarely ever been photographed. They are extremely vulnerable due to their small population size