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Ceratotherium simum
The white rhino is the largest species of land mammal after the elephant. As a species, the white rhino is the least endangered of the living kinds of rhino. Careful management in the Republic of South Africa has allowed the white rhino population to rise dramatically; approximately 80% of the white rhino population is in South Africa. There are two distinct subspecies: northern white rhino and the southern white rhino. The white rhino is square-lipped- it lacks a prehensile "hook". This allows the rhino to eat a wide swath of the green, short grasses that grow in the open savannahs. The term "white" comes from the Afrikaans word describing its mouth: weit, meaning "wide"; early English settlers in South Africa misinterpreted the "weit" for "white".
Open savannahs and grasslands
Lowry Park Zoo
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Thank you Laurie for adding another great spot the Rhino mission!
Another great spot you could add to the Rhino mission Laurie. Also see today's blog in celebration of World Rhino Day 2012!
http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/3204789...
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1284...