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Ceratotherium
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Ceratotherium (a Graeco κέρας 'horn' et θηρίον 'bestia'; vulgo "rhinoceros albus") est genus Rhinocerotidarum, cuius sola species quae exstat, Ceratotherium simum, latum os habet quo pascitur, et maximum et socialissima est omnium Rhinocerotidarum. Duae sunt subspecies: Ceratotherium simum simum, cuius sunt 20 000 animalia fera, et Ceratotherium simum cottoni, rarissimum, cuius tria tantum sunt (duo mares et una femina), in captivitate viventia.[2]
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A Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum).
Classis : Mammalia
Ordo : Perissodactyla
Familia : Rhinocerotidae
Genus : Ceratotherium
Species : C. simum
Ordo : Perissodactyla
Familia : Rhinocerotidae
Genus : Ceratotherium
Species : C. simum
Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell, 1817)
(Burchell, 1817)
Subdivisiones: Subspecies
Ceratotherium simum cottoni
Ceratotherium simum simum
Ceratotherium simum simum