Size

• The white and black rhinos of Africa are the largest, with some as heavy as 2.5 tons. Both rhinos are a grayish-brown color despite their names, which indicate otherwise.
  
  

Misconceptions

• The Indian rhino, which favors wetlands in the northeast section of India and southern Nepal, has skin with many layers and folds that makes the observer think the animal has armor plating.
  
  

Javan Rhino

• The Javan rhino of the Southeast Asia jungles is the rarest of the rhino species. It has just one horn like the Indian rhino and is sometimes called the lesser one-horned rhino, being smaller than the Indian species.
  
  

Effects

• The Sumatran rhino is the smallest of the rhinoceros family and has more hair than the other types. Its habitat on the island it lives on is rapidly vanishing, putting this less than one-ton rhino in danger of extinction.
  
  

Benefits

• Rhinos will wallow in the mud to cover their skin with it. This gives them the benefit of protection from sunburn and biting insects since their skin is sensitive.
  
  

Charging

• The poor vision of a rhinoceros makes it easy to startle, which in turn will cause the alarmed beast to charge a perceived threat. The black rhino has the ability to run as rapidly as 40 mph.