A Rhinoceros And Her Calf On A Dirt Road, Beautiful Clouds In The Background. Stock Photo

A rhino cow and her calf on a dirt road, beautiful clouds in the background. FaanMeintjes, Northwest, South Africa. The southern white rhinoceros is one of the largest and heaviest land animals in the world. It has an immense body and large head, a short neck and broad chest. Females weigh around 1,700 kg 3,750 lb and males around 2,300 kg 5,070 lb.[6] The head-and-body length is 3.4–4 m 11.2–13.1 ft and a shoulder height of 160–186 cm 5.25–6.10 ft.[6] It has two horns on its snout. The front horn is larger than the other horn and averages 60 cm 24 in in length and can reach 150 cm 59 in.[7] Females usually have longer but thinner horns than the males, who have larger but shorter ones.