1.7 m
Typical representative
Uniformly scaled by shoulder height; the pose is not stretched to every descriptive dimension.
Average White Rhinoceros
The white rhinoceros is one of the largest living land mammals. This page represents an adult animal 4.0 m long, 1.7 m high at the shoulder, and weighing 2.5 tonnes. Length is head-and-body length; height is measured at the shoulder in a neutral standing pose.
Dimensions
- Height
- 1.7 m
- Length
- 4 m
- Weight
- 2.5 t
Quick facts
- Head-and-body length
- 4.0 m
- Shoulder height
- 1.7 m
- Representative weight
- 2.5 t
Average White Rhinoceros · Size infographic
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Sources and measurement33 References
Dimensions were cross-checked against independent sources before publication.
Measurement basis
Length is head-and-body length; height is measured at the shoulder in a neutral standing pose.