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  2. Elasmotherium - Wikipedia

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    In rhinos, the horn is not attached to bone, but grows from the surface of a dense skin tissue, anchoring itself by creating bone irregularities and rugosities. [29] The outermost layer cornifies. [30] As the layers age, the horn loses diameter by degradation of the keratin due to ultraviolet light, drying out, and continual wearing. [31]

  3. Rhinoceros - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Rhinoceros horn - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 5 January 2021, at 04:36 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may ...

  5. Rhinoceros (genus) - Wikipedia

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    Rhinoceros is a genus comprising one-horned rhinoceroses. This scientific name was proposed by Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. [ 1 ] The genus contains two species, the Indian rhinoceros ( Rhinoceros unicornis ) and the Javan rhinoceros ( Rhinoceros sondaicus ).

  6. Southern white rhinoceros - Wikipedia

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    The front horn is larger than the other horn and averages 60 cm (24 in) in length and can reach 166 cm (65 in) in females. [9] [7] Females usually have longer but thinner horns than the males, who have larger but shorter ones. The southern white rhinoceros also has a prominent muscular hump that supports its large head.

  7. Dynastinae - Wikipedia

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    Each has a horn on the head and another horn pointing forward from the center of the thorax. The horns are used in fighting other males during mating season, and for digging. The size of the horn is a good indicator of nutrition and physical health. [5] The body of an adult rhinoceros beetle is covered by a thick exoskeleton. A pair of thick ...

  8. Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus - Wikipedia

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    As with many other species, the two main factors in the decline of the Vietnamese Javan rhinoceros populations has been loss of habitat combined with over-hunting. Poaching for horns, a problem that affects all rhino species. The horns have been a traded commodity for more than 2,000 years in China, where they are believed to have healing ...

  9. Paraceratherium - Wikipedia

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    Most species did not have horns. Rhinoceros fossils are identified as such mainly by characteristics of their teeth, which is the part of the animals most likely to be preserved. The upper molars of most rhinoceroses have a pi-shaped (π) pattern on the crown, and each lower molar has paired L-shapes. Various skull features are also used for ...