White rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum
The largest extant species of rhinoceros. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. The white rhinoceros consists of two subspecies: the southern white rhinoceros, with an estimated 19,682 - 21,077 wild-living animals in the year 2015, and the much rarer northern white rhinoceros. The northern subspecies has very few remaining individuals, with only two confirmed left in 2018 (two females: Fatu, 18 and Najin, 29), both in captivity. Sudan, the world's last known male Northern white rhinoceros, died in Kenya on 19 March 2018 at age 45.
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Classification
Class
Mammalia
Domain
Eukaryota
Family
Rhinocerotidae
Genus
Ceratotherium
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Perissodactyla
Phylum
Chordata
Species
C. simum
Other Names
White rino
Square-lipped rhinoceros
Classification
Class
Mammalia
Domain
Eukaryota
Family
Rhinocerotidae
Genus
Ceratotherium
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Perissodactyla
Phylum
Chordata
Species
C. simum
Vernacular Name
Binomial Name
Other Names
White rino
Square-lipped rhinoceros