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White rhinoceros at Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon, South Korea. The northern white rhino is critically endangered to the point that only two of these rhinos are known to remain in the world, both in captivity. [60] Several conservation tactics have been taken to prevent this subspecies from disappearing from the planet.
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 ...
English: A diagram showing adult male and female sizes for the white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), including a young calf, scaled to published shoulder heights. • Adult male white rhinos can reach 170 - 186 cm tall at the shoulder and adult females can reach 160 - 177 cm tall at the shoulder; the larger sizes are shown in grey. [1]
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.
Elephants are the largest members, weighing between 2.5 and 6.0 tons. Indian rhinos, white rhinos and hippos usually weigh between 1.4 and 2.3 tons. The Javan and black rhino average 1–1.3 tons in weight. Giraffes are the smallest members, with a general weight range of 0.8–1.2 tons. [38]: 14 [58]
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A northern white rhinoceros near the equator during translocation to Ol Pejeta Conservancy. One of the northern white rhinos translocated to Ol Pejeta was living in a semiwild state. 2014 VOA report about the last three individuals. There are now only two northern white rhinos left in the world: Najin, a female, was born in captivity in 1989.
Some authors have recognised the species Ceratotherium germanoafricanum for remains spanning around 3-1 million years ago in East Africa and suggest that this species may be ancestral to the living white rhinoceros, though other authors have considered it a subspecies of the white rhinoceros or assigned these remains to other species like C ...