The black rhinoceros is a mammal found in Africa. Weighing in at up to 1, 350 kg, these rhinos can live roughly 35 years. Gestation in the black rhino lasts for 15-16 months, with calves staying under the mothers parental care for up to four years. Black rhinos have been hunted extensively by humans for their horns. Poaching pressure has reduced the black rhino population to an endangered level. Ongoing efforts are attempting to save the animal from extinction.How can the black rhino survivorship strategy be categorized?

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The black rhinoceros is a mammal found in Africa. Weighing in at up to 1, 350 kg, these rhinos can live roughly 35 years. Gestation in the black rhino lasts for 15-16 months, with calves staying under the mother’s parental care for up to four years. Black rhinos have been hunted extensively by humans for their horns. Poaching pressure has reduced the black rhino population to an endangered level. Ongoing efforts are attempting to save the animal from extinction.How can the black rhino survivorship strategy be categorized?

A	K-selection, type I
B	K-selection, type III
C	r-selection, type I
D	r-selection, type III

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Black rhinos are browsers. Their prehensile upper lip is adapted for grasping and holding leaves and branches of shrubs and trees. Black rhinos can live to be 35 – 40 years in the wild.

Detailed explanation-2: -Black rhinos are browsers that get most of their sustenance from eating trees and bushes. They use their lips to pluck leaves and fruit from the branches. White rhinos graze on grasses, walking with their enormous heads and squared lips lowered to the ground.

Detailed explanation-3: -Habitat & Range Black rhinos live in scrublands, tropical and subtropical grasslands, montane forests, savannas. Currently they are found only in scattered pockets of Africa from the Cape to Somalia, typically in protected areas or reserves.

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ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

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