![]() They have about themselves a distinct aura of calm and I have to admit to finding them quite pacifully beautiful. If a creature can be said to have discovered transcendental meditation, then it must be the white rhino. The creature looks peaceful, amiable and secure. "Whenever one sees a white rhino in the wild, one cannot escape the impression of size, of incredible benign strength and of a strange inner passiveness. The nasal cavity takes up more space in the skull than that of the brain. The rhinoceros has weak vision and is able to see a moving person from 90 to 150 ft (30 – 50m) but is unable to detect a person standing still at 100 feet. Poor eyesight easier to discern a moving object than a stationary one there is very little overlap in field of vision of the two eyes, limiting the forward, 3 dimensional view.Scent glands: possible preputial gland in white rhino.Male with backward facing genitalia (as in hippo).Some females have forward pointing horns.Little sexual dimorphism males tend to be larger and may have shorter, thicker horns.OTracks longer outer toes more separated from center prominent notch along back edge OFront edge base of anterior horn tends to be straight edged OFlexible neck large bulge (nuchal hump) visible on dorsal side of the neck. OHigh point (=crests of dorsal vertebrae) on the back is saddle area. Very thick, gray skin with deep folds heavy, stocky body short neck, large head almost hairless (except for fringes of ears and tip of tail) Two horns on the rostrum, one in front of the other.Liquid (including estimated loss in evaporation) 188 lbs Obtained in South Africa around 1845 by Roualeyn Gordon Cumming of Altyre, Scotland.įemales 1,800 kg (3968 lbs) Males 2,700 kg (5952 lbs) ![]() Longest recorded anterior horn – 62 ¼ in.
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