The white rhino (Ceratotherium simum) is an animal of the African plains and savannahs. Its wide mouth has evolved to mow short, sweet, palatable gras
The white rhino (Ceratotherium simum) is an animal of the African plains and savannahs. Its wide mouth has evolved to mow short, sweet, palatable grasses. Unlike cows, the rhino has a single stomach (monogastric). An odd-toed ungulate, it is related to tapirs and is the largest of the remaining rhinoceros species. While its eyesight is poor it has a highly developed sense of smell. It has two asymmetrical horns on its rostrum made of a chemically complex type of keratin. Relentless poaching for the horn has reduced worldwide rhino numbers to a critical number but the white rhino is heavily protected in Southern Africa where its numbers are quite healthy. However, the killing of a rhino in a Paris zoo in 2017 indicates the threat these animals are under. Photographed in Lille zoological park, France.
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