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: any of a family (Rhinocerotidae) of large heavyset herbivorous perissodactyl mammals of Africa and Asia that have one or two upright keratinous horns on the snout and thick gray to brown skin with little hair.See rhinoceros defined for English-language learners.See rhinoceros defined for kids.ord History of RHINOCEROS. The ancient Greeks were familiar with the African species of rhinoceros and called the animal in Greek monokerÅs, â one-horned, â and more commonly rhinokerÅs, â nose-horned.
The rhino is prized for its horn. The horns of a rhinoceros are made of keratin, the same type of protein that makes up hair and fingernails in most animals including humans.Both African species of rhino and the Sumatran rhinoceros have two horns, while the Indian rhino and Javan rhinoceros have just one horn.he rhino also has a large horn in the middle of its face and some species of rhino have a second smaller horn above the larger one. The rhinoceros is a herbivore and eats grasses, leaves, shoots, buds and fruits in order to gain the nutrients that the rhino needs to grow and survive.