These horns are made of keratin, like our nails and our hair, and while they have no curative properties, we ascribe them, wrongly, as traditional Asian medicine, which is why they are frantically poached (hundreds of animals per annum…). The gestation period for rhinos is long, ranging from 16-18 months. They are herbivores just like rhinos and eat a wide variety of different grasses and occasionally young trees. Zebras live in the woodlands and grasslands of Africa. The gestation period for a zebra is around 12 to 13 months, around a month less than a rhino. The two horns of the African White Rhinoceros grow by approximately half a centimetre per month and they above all use them to clear brushwood from the vegetation so that they can browse. A 100-pound white rhino calf was born in Santa Rosa on Sunday evening. Zebras have a long gestation period, similar to that of rhinos. Its hide is grey but if it is called “white”, it is because of wrong translation! The lips of this animal are “wide’, called “wijd” in Dutch-Afrikaans: the adjective has been confused with “white” or “wit”, that is to say “white”!īaby rhinos are born after a long 18-month gestation period and already weigh 30 kg! Perissodactyla Family Rhinocerotidae Scientific Name Rhinocerotidae Read our Complete Guide to Classification of Animals. It lives mainly on the savannas of Southern Africa because the Central African subspecies has virtually disappeared. However, the mother may be pregnant with her calf for as long as 18 months. It can weigh up to 3 tons and be 4 metres long. A rhino calf is born after a gestation period of roughly 475 days, or about 16 months. This long breeding interval is tied to a long gestational period of 530 to 550. This is the second largest land mammal after the elephant. In addition, white rhinoceros average shoulder height is 1.71 to 2.85 m.

Gestation period of a white rhino