Rhinoceros - The second largest land animal

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rhinoceros often abbreviated as rhino, is a group of five extant species of knee-less, odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. Two of the species are native to Africa while the remaining three are native to southern Asia. The rhinoceros family is characterized by its large size as all of its species are able to reach one tonne or more in weight. They generally feed on leaves but their ability to ferment food in their hindgut allows them to subsist on more fibrous plant matter when necessary. Rhinoceros have long been killed by humans for their horns, which are bought and sold on the black market. Rhinos horns are used in some cultures as ornaments or for medicinal purposes...

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• Assisted by: Edward R. Miller-Jones (Editor), Edwar R Miller-Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: FastBook Publishing
• Languages: English
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• Released: 28.06.2012
• EAN: 9786130135737
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• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology