UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE COAHUILA.

white rhino

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life cycle

• Females reach sexual maturity at 4-5 years of age but do not reproduce until they reach 6 -7 years. The gestation period is approximately 16 months with a period of 2-3 years between calves.
• Males tend not to mate until they are 10-12 years old. They can live up to 40 years.

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• White rhinos have groups of sometimes 14 rhinos, adult males defend territories of roughly 1-3 km2.
• The ainmals tend to avoid the heat during the day, when they rest in the shade. They are usually active in the early morning, late afternoon and evening. During very hot periods, the cool and rid themselves of external parasites by bathing in mud in shallow pools

DISTRIBUTION

• The majority (98.8%) of white rhinos occur in just four countries: South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Kenya
• After more than a century of successful protection and management, they are now classified as Near Threatened and over 20,000 animals exist in protected areas and private game reserves

POACHING

• Hundreds of white rhinos have been killed annually in recent years. They are particularly vulnerable to hunting, because they are relatively unaggressive and occurs in herds.
• Today, poaching for the illegal trade in their horns is the major threat.

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