Its horn is made up dense fibers similar to the material in fingernails and may grow up to 4 or 5 feet in length. Black rhinos are now limited to areas of eastern and southern Africa. Brush and scattered open woodlands are the preferred habitat of the black rhino. It can also be frequently found in mud wallows. The black rhino is a browsing animal which feeds on leaves, twigs, and shrubs.
Black rhinos are often aggressive animals known for their fierce temperament.
Many times its charge is only a bluff, however. An adult black rhino has no natural enemies. Black rhinos live either singly or in small groups of females led by a male. Females have one or occasionally two young, which may take up to three years to leave its mother. Poaching is the primary threat to the black rhino.