Soothren white rhinoceros

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Soothren white rhinoceros
A Soothren white rhinoceros in Pilanesberg National Park, Sooth Africae.
Scientific classification
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Faimily: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Ceratotherium
Species: C. simum
Subspecies: C. s. simum
Trinomial name
Ceratotherium simum simum
(Burchell, 1817)
Range map in green
Synonyms

Ceratotherium simum burchellii
(Desmarest, 1822)
Ceratotherium simum oswellii
(Elliot, 1847)
Ceratotherium simum kiaboaba
(Murray, 1866)

The soothren white rhinoceros or soothren square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum), is ane o the twa subspecies o the white rhinoceros. It is the maist common an widespread species o the rhinoceros.

As o late Dizember 2007, the tot population wis estimatit at 17,460 soothren white rhino in the wild, makkin thaim bi far the maist abundant subspecies o rhino in the warld. Sooth Africae is the stranghauld for this subspecies (93.0%), conservin 16,255 individuals in the wild in 2007. Housomeivver, the current census frae Save the Rhino's offeecial wabsteid revealed thare are 19,682–21,077 soothren white rhinoceros syne 2015.[2]

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  1. Emslie, R. (2011). "Ceratotherium simum ssp. simum". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 16 Mey 2015. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |last-author-amp= (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Rhino population figures". SaveTheRhino.org. 2015. Retrieved 16 Mey 2015.

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