This in turn refers to the animal’s wide lips. The white rhinoceros is gray rather than white – it is thought that the animal’s misleading name comes from the Afrikaans* word ‘weit’ which means ‘wide’. The cameraman in the video below has a close encounter with a group of white rhinos… With the only living male having died on March 19, 2018, the northern white rhinoceros subspecies is now functionally extinct. cottoni).Īt the time of writing, there are only two northern white rhinoceroses left, both of which are female. simum) and the northern white rhinoceros ( C. The white rhino has two subspecies: the southern white rhinoceros ( C. It is one of two species of rhino found in Africa, and one of the five living species of rhino. The white rhinoceros is fourth-largest land mammal in the world only the three species of elephant are larger. Meet The White Rhinoceros: Introduction A female white rhino with her calf. Also known as the ‘odd-toed ungulates’, this group of hoofed mammals also contains the horses and the tapirs.
Rhinos are members of the mammalian order Perissodactyla.A group of rhinos is known as a ‘crash’.Where Found: Southern and eastern Africa.Other Name(s): White rhino, square-lipped rhinoceros.The species is targeted by poachers, and at the time of writing only two northern white rhinos (one of the species’ two subspecies) are left, meaning the subspecies is virtually extinct. It is found in the savannas of southern Africa, where it spends most of its time grazing and wallowing in mud. The white rhinoceros is the largest of the five living rhino species.
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