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white rhinoceros Map showing the geographic ranges of the five living rhinoceros species across Africa and Asia. Orange areas in southern and eastern Africa represent black rhinoceros range, with purple areas for southern white rhinoceros. Pink highlights the Indian, or greater one-horned, rhinoceros range in northern India and Nepal. Red and green dots in Sumatra and Java indicate remaining strongholds for Sumatran and Javan rhinoceroses, respectively. A magenta dot in central Africa marks the last northern whi northern white rhinoceros A black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) stands on sandy ground in a zoo, facing forward with both horns and thick, folded skin visible. white rhinoceros woolly rhinoceros Illustration of the extinct mammal Indricotherium or Paraceratherium, a large, hornless, long-necked perissodactyl, shown in side profile with a scale bar indicating its impressive height. African black rhino A black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) walks on sandy ground in a zoo enclosure, its body shown in profile with two horns visible on its snout. black rhinoceros
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white rhinoceros
White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum).
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geographic ranges of rhinoceroses
The geographic ranges of the five living species of rhinoceroses.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski
northern white rhinoceros
As of March 2018, only two northern white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum cottoni)...
© Ann and Steve Toon/Alamy
black rhinoceros
Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) in a zoo.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
white rhinoceros
White rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum).
© Digital Vision/Getty Images
woolly rhinoceros
Woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis).
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum (Natural History); photograph, Imitor
Indricotherium or Paraceratherium
Indricotherium or Paraceratherium.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
African black rhino
African black rhino (Diceros bicornis).
Camera Press/Pictorial Parade
black rhinoceros
Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
black rhinoceros
Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis).
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Indian rhinoceros
Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis).
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The greater one-horned rhinoceros
Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also called the greater one-horned...
© Jeremy Richards/Shutterstock.com
San rock engraving
Engraving of a rhinoceros, southwestern Transvaal.
Courtesy of A.R. Willcox
southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)
The southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) is native to southern...
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southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)
Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) populations occur...
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Sumatran rhinoceros
Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis).
© Judy Whitton/Shutterstock.com
Sumatran rhinoceros
Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) in a wildlife sanctuary,...
Minden Pictures/SuperStock
white rhinoceros
White rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum).
© Digital Vision/Getty Images
Chauvet–Pont d'Arc: animal drawings
Drawings of four black horse heads, a small rhino, and an aurochs in the Chauvet–Pont...
Photo by Jean Clottes; used with permission
Indricotherium, detail of a restoration painting by Charles R. Knight.
Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, New York
Javan rhinoceros
Coloured lithograph of a Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) by J. Wolf,...
The History Collection/Alamy
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