Free rhino SVG files

Sizes, materials and the one thin part of a rhino

A rhino is about the sturdiest animal you can cut: a barrel body, legs like posts and flat feet. Every file is 100 mm on its longer side. On the rhino silhouette the legs are about 10 mm wide, so the shape can go down to 30 mm for stickers and stands up well in 3 mm plywood, acrylic or felt. The only thin part is the tail, about 2.5 mm wide above its tuft, with the tip of the front horn next. If you cut small in wood, sand those two lightly and leave the rest alone.

The rhino with skin folds and the head from the side carry cut lines about 1.5 mm wide. In vinyl, weed the outside first and lift the folds out with a pin. On a laser, engrave them instead of cutting through.

White rhino, black rhino

The rhino drawn here is a white rhino: the larger African kind, with a hump of muscle over its shoulders, a long head held low to graze and a wide square lip. Its front horn is the long one. A black rhino is smaller, holds its head higher and has a pointed lip. The oxpecker birds on the back are true to life: they ride on rhinos to feed on ticks. For a child’s room, the cute rhino and the baby rhino calf are the soft choices.

How to open the files

• Cricut Design Space: choose Upload, pick the SVG, and add it to the canvas. Set the width you want; the shape is already welded.
• Silhouette Studio: Designer Edition and above open the SVG. The free Basic Edition does not, so open the DXF instead.
• LightBurn, xTool Creative Space and Glowforge: import the SVG, then set the layer to cut, score or engrave.
• Inkscape, Illustrator and Affinity: open the SVG. It is a plain filled path, so you can recolour it, add a stroke or combine it with your own work.
• Printing or sublimation: use the PNG, which has a transparent background.

Each design page lists the file’s narrowest part at seven sizes, so you can tell whether it will survive at the size you plan to cut.

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