Standing six feet tall at the shoulder and weighing almost 8,000 pounds, a fully grown white rhino is larger than any other land animal on earth—except for the elephant. All rhinos have large heads, short necks, broad chests, and very thick legs. But their most exceptional feature is their horns. The word rhinoceros is made up of two Greek words that mean 'nose' (rhino) and 'horn' (ceros). All other animals with horns have them on top of their heads. Rhinos are the only animal to have a horn growing from its nose.