The black rhino is usually found in the tropical bushlands and the savannas. They seem to prefer dense cover and are often found on the edges of small wooded areas. The black rhino can live in hilly areas where grass is sparse, because it is a browser, feeding on leaves and twigs. Diet Rhinos are non-ruminant herbivores. Since their digestion is slow, their food intake must be bulky and reliable.
Black rhinos are browsers that feed on leaves and twigs.
They have a prehensile lip, which means it has a longer upper lip that is adapted for pulling vegetation from trees and shrubs. A reliable water source is essential to rhinos. They prefer to visit this source daily. In severe drought they can go three or four days without water. Water availability is a major factor in determining how many black rhinos can live in an area.