To tourists like me, black and white rhinoceroses look the same, down to their gray or brownish color.

In 1992 the Natal Parks Board sold five black rhinoceroses to a buyer for 2.2 million rand, or nearly $800,000.

The zoo maintains studbooks for black and Indian rhinoceroses and gaurs.

The elephant exhibit was then turned into an exhibit for black rhinoceroses.

There are also a large number of species of birds, but the black rhinoceroses died out around the time the national park was declared, in 1983.

There are about 170 varieties of animals including giraffes, lions, black rhinoceroses, lesser pandas, woylies, Japanese giant salamanders and macaws.

In 2003, black rhinoceroses were re-introduced to the park.

Elephants and the black rhinoceroses are no longer seen, although Teleki reported seeing (and shooting) many.

Hybrids between black and white rhinoceroses have been recognized.

Today there are about 800 black rhinoceroses throughout Africa.