southern white rhinoceros: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Ceratotherium simum simum • square-lipped rhinoceros

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Two white rhinoceroses standing on dry grass surrounded by scattered green bushes and trees at Mkhaya, Swaziland.

A southern white rhinoceros mother stands beside her calf on sandy ground with sparse bushes and green trees in the background at Ongava Game Reserve, Namibia.

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

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