[1] It belongs to a group known as the conehead katydids, several of which have a horn-like projection on the top of the head.

The horn of the rhinoceros katydid is used to ward off attacks from hungry bats.

[2] Unlike most katydids, which are herbivores, the rhinoceros katydid is an omnivore, feeding on fruit, seeds, flowers, invertebrates, frog eggs and small lizards.

[2][3] The species can be quite noisy during the night and produces one of the dominant sounds in Central American lowland forests.

[2] It was first described in 1888 by Alphonse Pictet in his Locustides Nouveaux ou peu connus de Musée de Genève (New or Little-known Locusts of the Geneva Museum).