Soothren white rhinoceros
| Soothren white rhinoceros | |
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| 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)
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| Range map in green | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ceratotherium simum burchellii | |
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]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ 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) - ↑ "Rhino population figures". SaveTheRhino.org. 2015. Retrieved 16 Mey 2015.
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