The earliest forms of rhinos were small, agile animals, but large horned forms later originated in Asia. ![]() Yet living African rhinos were, until recently, the widespread, abundant, advanced and successful representatives of a family that had seen a very wide range of types in the past with fossil evidence describing the existence of around 30 genera. When animals have become as scarce as rhinoceroses have today, it is hard to describe them as successful. There are 5 rhino species in existence today, with 3 occurring in Asia, and 2 species, the Black and White rhino found exclusively in Africa. These ‘prehistoric looking’ animals are a definite must see on any safari. ![]() ![]() They have relatively short, powerfully muscled legs, a short neck and massive head armed with nasal horns. Rhinos are the second largest land mammals in the world, surpassed only by the elephant in its bulk and weight.
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