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Ceratotherium Simum
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The white rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is one of the five species of rhinoceros that still exist. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. The white rhino consists of two subspecies: the southern white rhino, with an estimated 17,460 wild-living animals at the end of 2007 (IUCN 2008), and the much rarer northern white rhino. The northern subspecies has very few remaining, all in captivity.
Spotted on Nov 7, 2011
Submitted on Jul 22, 2012
9 Comments
The name rhinoceros comes from the Greek words rhino (nose) and ceros (horn).
This beautiful spotting could go in the Symbiotic relationships mission. Happy (well, let's hope it gets happier with an end to poaching) World Rhino Day.
Ha ha ha, no lightworker. Unfortunately rhino's have bad eyesight, and are therefore a bit unpredictable and will "charge" at any strange noise, movement or even smell. In an environment where a rhino is brought up in captivity it is possible to have close encounters, but I have never heard of a relatively sane person to walk up close to one in the wild .. :)
I gotta ask: Can a relatively sane person go up and calmly hang out with one of the Rhinoceros species?
Happy World Rhino Day!!!
Thanks for the good information on your spottings.
The rhinoceros is a large, primitive-looking mammal that in fact dates from the Miocene era millions of years ago. In recent decades rhinos have been relentlessly hunted to the point of near extinction. Since 1970 the world rhino population has declined by 90 percent, with five species remaining in the world today, all of which are endangered.
Grandioso bella toma::
Nice spot!
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