White Rhino from Kilimanjaro Safari in Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom

White Rhino from Kilimanjaro Safari in Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom
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"The White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is one of the five species of rhinoceros that still exist. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. The White Rhino consists of two subspecies: the Southern White Rhino, with an estimated 17,460 wild-living animals at the end of 2007 (IUCN 2008), and the much rarer Northern White Rhino. The northern subspecies has very few remaining, all in captivity."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rhinoceros

"The word white in the name 'White Rhinoceros' is a mistranslation of the Dutch word wijd for wide, referring to its square upper lip, as opposed to the pointed or hooked lip of the Black Rhinoceros. These species are now sometimes referred to as the Square-lipped (for White) or Hook-lipped (for Black) Rhinoceros."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_rhino

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