The white rhino needs open undulating woodland with plenty of grass and permanent water. Rivers and lakes, not necessarily very deep, with pools of slow moving water and banks with good quality grazing is an ideal habitat. Javan & Indian rhinos are hairless latter has a thick, silver-brown skin with huge folds & bumps on legs & shoulders. The white rhino's has hair on the ear fringes & tail bristles, & sparse over the body. It secretes a viscous red fluid which protects the animal’s skin against the sun and is possibly a healing agent. The hippo has neither sweat nor sebaceous glands as it relies on water or mud to keep cool. Differences - Similarities - Hippopotamus versus Rhinoceros comparison chart
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