Southern white rhinoceros | |
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A southern white rhinoceros in Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
Genus: | Ceratotherium |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | C. s. simum
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Trinomial name | |
Ceratotherium simum simum (Burchell, 1817)
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Southern white rhino distribution range according to the IUCN.
Extant (Resident)
Extant and reintroduced (Resident)
Extant and assisted colonisation (Resident)
Presence uncertain & assisted colonisation
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Synonyms | |
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The southern white rhinoceros or southern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum) is one of the two subspecies of the white rhinoceros (the other being the much rarer northern white rhinoceros). It is the most common and widespread subspecies of rhinoceros.
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