Mallory Z. and Michael S.

Mammals

There are five different groups of animals with vertebrates.

ReptilesFishAmphibiansBirds

Most mammals…

• Are warm blooded• Have hair or fur• Give birth to live young• Feed their babies with

mother’s milk• Breathe through lungs

The monkey and the rhino are both mammals.

The rhino is a large fast moving mammal. He likes to eat plants. He can use his horn to help him dig roots.

Rhinoceros

The rhino has thick skin to help protect it from the hot sun in Africa.

The only animals that can kill adult rhinos are people. Poachers sell the rhino’s horns. A rhino moves fast to stay away from people.

Rhinoceros

Rhinos have terrible eyesight, but they are good at hearing and smelling.

Rhinoceros

They can hear things moving and their nose helps them smell when something is wrong so that they can run from danger.

Rhinoceros

Rhinos have hoofs that help it walk in the dry desert. Their hoofs help them walk in the water, too. White rhinoceros are social animals and like to stay in a group.

RhinocerosThe rhinoceros protects himself with his horn. If a rhino’s horn gets broken off it will grow back. The horn is made from a hair-like substance.

It grows throughout the rhino’s life, just like our fingernails.

The horn can grow from one to three inches each year.

The howler monkey has five-toed grasping feet to help him hold onto branches.

Howler Monkey

The howler monkey has hands to help it climb trees to get food.

Howler Monkey

The howler monkey is the loudest monkey and the loudest land animal. The only animal that is louder then the howler monkey is the blue whale. The noise sends a clear message to other monkeys:

Howler Monkey

They can use their tail as an extra arm to grip or even hang from branches. A gripping tail is helpful to howler monkeys because they rarely go down to the ground. They like to stay in the tops of trees munching on the leaves that make up most of their diet.

Howler Monkey

Howler Monkey Howler monkeys have beards and

long, thick hair which may be black, brown, or red. Their color helps them blend into the trees.

The male is black and the female is brown.

• We hope you’ve learned a lot about Rhinoceros and Howler Monkeys. Look for them at a zoo near your town.