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Rhinos weigh about 4,500 pounds, but they can run at speeds of 35 mph and have horns strong enough to gore an adult lion. Researchers warn that these attacks of opportunity will increase in frequency as droughts and other weather conditions lead to greater prey scarcity forcing lions to take on even adult rhinos. The majority of lions understand that taking on an adult rhino is not worth the risk.
Even when a whole pride of lions is at work, efforts to kill fully grown rhinos are uncommon, despite the fact that lions are known to hunt rhino calves. While rhinos are known to occasionally view elephants as competition, they mostly keep to themselves and only attack when they feel threatened or that they're young ones are threatened. Most rhinos just mind their own business and are chill animals.
So no, a lion cannot take down a rhino.