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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 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.
For the past half-century, the story of the northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) has been a sad one.In the 1970s, some 700 of these rhinos roamed their native range in Central Africa ...
Female northern white rhinos Fatu, left, and Najin, right, the last two northern white rhinos on the planet, graze in their enclosure at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya on Aug. 23, 2019.
Born to an “incredible mom,” the baby is now the second southern white rhinoceros born at the zoo, according to the zoo’s Facebook post. White rhino with ‘rare genetics’ born at Virginia ...
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 white rhino is considered “near threatened,” with about 18,000 animals living in protected areas and private game reserves. Wildlife sanctuary welcomes white rhino calf [Video] Skip to ...