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The white rhinoceros, white rhino or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is the largest extant species of rhinoceros.It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species.
A southern white rhino pair at Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, Zambia. The southern white rhino lives in the grasslands, savannahs, and shrublands of southern Africa, ranging from South Africa to Zambia. About 98.5% of southern white rhino live in just five countries: South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Uganda.
A rhinoceros (/ r aɪ ˈ n ɒ s ər ə s / ry-NOSS-ə-rəss; from Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs) 'nose-horned'; from ῥίς (rhis) 'nose' and κέρας (kéras) 'horn'; [1] pl.: rhinoceros or rhinoceroses), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates (perissodactyls) in the family ...
The Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus) once roamed across many countries in Southeast Asia. Around 2,000 years ago, they were still common in many parts of China. Around 12,000 years ago, they ...
"Want to know what extinction looks like? This is the last male Northern White Rhino. The Last. Nevermore."
The world is down to a single known male northern white rhino, and he is now under 24-hour armed guard. He's called Sudan, and staffers at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya are hoping the 42-year ...
The white rhinoceros sometimes called the white rhino or square-lipped rhinoceros is a large rhinoceros native to sub-Saharan Africa. [16] The largest extant rhino species, it has two horns with the front horn growing up to 101 cm (40 in). [17]: 31 It has a visible hump on the back of the neck. Despite their size they can run at speeds of 50 km ...
Care For Wild is the largest rhinoceros sanctuary in the world, spanning 28,000 hectares (69,000 acres) in the greater Barberton Nature Reserve in Mpumalanga, South Africa. [1] The exact location of the sanctuary is not disclosed for security reasons.