Rhino fact 2: The white rhino and greater one-horned rhino weigh about 4,000 – 6,000 pounds, stand roughly 6 feet high at the shoulder, and are 12 – 15 feet in length. These two rhino species are the second largest land mammals after the elephant.
The smallest rhino species is the Sumatran rhino, standing just 3 – 5 feet at the shoulder. The black rhino weighs in at 1,750 – 3,000 pounds, stands about 5 feet at the shoulder, and reaches 10 – 12 feet in length. Javan rhinos weigh about 2,000 – 5,000 pounds, stand 5 – 5.5 feet at the shoulder, and reach 11.5 feet in length. The Vietnamese subspecies of Javan rhino is about the size of the Sumatran rhino.
Pictured: White rhino
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Thanks for the info. They are fascinating animals. I did not realize they are fairly closely related to horses.
I read elsewhere that the record size for a white rhino was a specimen of 10,000 pounds!