White Rhinoceros

The White Rhinoceros or square-lipped Rhinoceros is the largest extant species of Rhinoceros

 It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. The white rhinoceros consists of two subspecies - the Southern White Rhinoceros  with an estimated 19,682–21,077 wild-living animals in the year 2015 and the much rarer Northern White Rhinoceros

The Northern Subspecies had very few remaining with only 3 confirmed individuals left in 2017,all in captivity

The white rhinoceros is the largest of the five species of rhinoceros.

The head and body length is 3.7 to 4 m (12.1 to 13.1 ft) in males and 3.4 to 3.65 m (11.2 to 12.0 ft) in females, with the tail adding another 70 cm (28 in) and the shoulder height is 170 to 186 cm (5.58 to 6.10 ft) in the male and 160 to 177 cm (5.25 to 5.81 ft) in the female

The male, averaging about 2,300 kg (5,070 lb) is heavier than the female, at an average of about 1,700 kg (3,750 lb)

The front horn is larger and averages 60 cm (24 in) in length, reaching as much as 150 cm (59 in) but only in females

White rhinoceroses live in crashes or herds of up to 14 animals (usually mostly female)

Females reach sexual maturity at 6–7 years of age while males reach sexual maturity between 10–12 years of age

The gestation period of a white rhino is 16 months.

The southern white rhino lives inSouthern Africa

 About 98.5% of white rhino occur in just five countries (South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Uganda)

White Rhinoceros drinks twice a day if water is available, but if conditions are dry it can live four or five days without water. It spends about half of the day eating, one third resting, and the rest of the day doing various other things. White rhinoceroses, like all species of rhinoceros, love wallowing in mudholes to cool down.