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In South Africa we have two different species of Rhino: Southern White and the Southern Black Rhino.

When the Dutch settlers moved into the area of Durban or Kwa-Zulu Natal roughly 1838, they came across these beasts and named the White Rhino – WEID Rhinoster basically meaning WIDE Rhino referring to the Lip(mouth) being Wide.
The English then heard this and misinterpreted what the Dutch were saying and ended up calling the “Weid” Rhinoster – White, “Weid” of course sounding like “White”.
Of course, from here all meaning was lost and to keep things simple the other Rhino, was called Black.

Black Rhino has a prehensile hooked lip for feeding on leaves and twigs. It is smaller is stature, rarer and its head is fixed higher up as it is a browser.

It is also found in thicker habitats usually: Riverine Forest where their food is readily available. Black Rhino also has much rounder ears and there second horn is larger in comparison to the White Rhinos Second Horn.

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