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White Rhinoceros Mother and Baby late in the afternoon grazing Ceratotherium simum,White rhinoceros,Zoo Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

White Rhinoceros

Mother and Baby late in the afternoon grazing

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    Claire Hamilton
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    That's a very interesting notch in the rhinos horn, do you have any idea what that is about? Posted 11 years ago
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      RDodd
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      I think the notch was cut to make the horn invaluable and reduce to potential of causing damage. The image was taken at Dubbo Western Plains Zoo and I noticed that almost all the Rhinos there had similar notches. Posted 11 years ago
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        Claire Hamilton
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        Makes sense...thank you! Posted 11 years ago

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The White rhinoceros

The white rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros is the largest extant species of rhinoceros. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. The white rhinoceros consists of two subspecies: the southern white rhinoceros, with an estimated 17,460 wild-living animals at the end of 2007, and the much rarer northern white rhinoceros.

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Similar species: Odd-toed Ungulates
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Uploaded May 3, 2014. Captured Sep 23, 2013 15:55.
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  • 83.2mm