Rhinos

Can you answer these quiz questions about rhinos?

1. What age can rhinos live to?
   Depending on the species, rhinoceros live between 30 and 50 years.
   45 years
2. What is the gestation period of a black rhino?
   The gestation period is 15 to 16 months.
   15 to 16 months
3. How many years does it take for a rhino to reach sexual maturity?
    Sexual maturity varies depending on the sex of the rhino. Females probably reach sexual maturity at 5 – 7 years of age, and males probably reach sexual maturity around 10 years of age.
   20 years
4. The white and black rhino have different jaw structures, which has which jaw shape?
   The white rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros
   The black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros
   Black rhino have a hooked lip and white rhino have a square jaw
5. What is rhino horn made up of?
   Rhino's horns are made of an out crop of compacted hair. This hair is composed of protein keratin.
   Keratin. (Keratin is a family of fibrous structural proteins. Keratin is the key structural material making up the outer layer of human skin. It is also the key structural component of hair and nails, hooves, claws, horns, etc).
6. How many toes does a rhino have on each foot?
   The black, or hooked-lipped, rhino, along with all other rhino species, is an odd-toed ungulate (three toes on each foot).
   Three toes
7. How many species of rhino are there?
   Today, only five species of rhino survive. These five species are further divided into 11 identified subspecies.
   Ceratotherium simum (White Rhinoceros)
   Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (Sumatran Rhinoceros)
   Diceros bicornis (Black Rhinoceros)
   Rhinoceros sondaicus (Javan Rhinoceros)
   Rhinoceros unicornis (Indian Rhinoceros)
   Five species: black, white, Indian, Javan and Sumatran rhino
8. What two rhino species are the second largest land mammals after the elephant?
   the white rhino and the indian rhino of Africa.
   The white and Indian rhino
9. What is the common name for a group of rhino?
   A crash
   A “crash” of rhino
10. Which rhino species between the African and Asian has the longer horns?
    The African rhino