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Title: The mammals of Nigeria
Author(s): Happold, D.C.D.
Year published: 1987
Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon Press
Volume: -
Pages: pp. i-xvii, 1-402
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Lips rounded and fleshy.
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Three broad nails on each foot.
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Black Rhino
Length of tail 60-70 cm
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Females produce young every 3-4 years. The long period between births may be a self-regulation process to prevent overpopulation, but it also means that if the population is reduced, it takes many years to increase again.
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Maturity is attained at 5-7 years.
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Weaning occurs at about 2 years, but young rhinos remain with their mother for several years even after the birth of subsequent young.
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Black Rhino
Length of body 360 cm
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