rhinoceros

any of several perissodactyl mammals constituting the family Rhinocerotidae of SE Asia and Africa and having either one horn on the nose, like the Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), or two horns, like the African white rhinoceros (Diceros simus). They have a very thick skin, massive body, and three digits on each foot

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rhinoceros

[rī′näs·ə·rəs]

(vertebrate zoology)

The common name for the odd-toed ungulates composing the family Rhinoceratidae, characterized by massive, thick-skinned limbs and bodies, and one or two horns which are composed of a solid mass of hairs attached to the bony prominence of the skull.

Rhinoceros

Berenger discovers that Jean is turning into a rhinoceros like all the other townspeople. [Fr. Drama: Weiss, 394]

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A footprint technique to identify white rhino Ceratotherium simum at individual and species levels.--Endangered Species Res.

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The control-free areas in the study area range from 450-1100 ha, where there are Cape buffalo Syncerus caffer (Sparrman, 1779), giraffe Giraffa Camelopardalis (L., 1758), blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell, 1823), white rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum (Burchell, 1817), black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis (L., 1758), impala Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein, 1812), kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas, 1766), waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Ogilby, 1833), gemsbok Oryxgazella (L., 1758) and zebra (Equus quagga burchelli) (Boddaert, 1785).

Seasonal variations in ixodid tick populations on a commercial game farm in the Limpopo Province, South Africa

The white rhinoceros is divided into two subspecies: the northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) and the southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum ssp.

Protecting Africa's Last Rhino Populations from Poaching

Black rhino (Diceros bicornis) and the White rhino (Ceratotherium

International illegal trade in wildlife: threats and U.S. policy

The white, or square-lipped, rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) wU mark its territory by excreting its dung in middens.

Quick facts

The white rhino's scientific name, Ceratotherium simum simum, tells us that this animal is a flat-nosed (simum), horned (ceros) beast (therio).

The gentle giant; after a lifetime of showing us why extinction matters, bull the white rhino finds the perfect resting ground

The goal of this research was to set up an assay at the Wilds to detect pregnancy in the Indian (Rhinoceros unicornis) and the Southern White (Ceratotherium simum simum) rhinoceros species.

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The southern white or square-lipped rhino, Ceratotherium simum, an endangered species from at least the late nineteenth century, has been afforded respect, even reverence, and care by Zululand's colonial and postcolonial authorities--specifically by individual men working for these authorities--over a period of a hundred years.

Human discourses, animal geographies: imagining Umfolozi's white rhinos

ABSTRACT: I observed white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum) in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe, perform a behavior previously undescribed for this species; males vigorously removed the bark from commiphora trees (Commiphora marlothii) with their horns, and then rubbed their head and rostrum on the debarked areas.

Tree rubbing by white rhinos: potential functions of an undescribed behavior