Black Rhino bull patrolling his territory

            just after sunrise we found this dominant bull in a large game reserve in the Eastern Cape in South Africa. 

IUCN RED LIST STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
diceros bicornis
zwarte neushoorn
rhinocéros noir
Spitzmaulnashorn

Major  differences between the Black Rhino and the Square-lipped (or White) Rhino:

* smaller (weight and height)
* no hump on the neck; also the head is shorter and held well above the ground
* has a pointed prehensile upper lip and uses it to grab leaves and twigs
* less social
* typically more temperamental


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Taken on: February 27, 2019

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