Rhinoceroses are some of the largest remaining
megafauna: all weigh at least one ton in adulthood. They have a
herbivorous diet, small brains (400–600 g) for mammals of their size, one or two horns, and a thick (1.5–5 cm), protective skin formed from layers of
collagen positioned in a
lattice structure. They generally eat leafy material, although their ability to ferment food in their
hindgut allows them to subsist on more fibrous plant matter when necessary. Unlike other
perissodactyls, the two African species of rhinoceros lack teeth at the front of their mouths; they rely instead on their lips to pluck food.
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