ane o the twa subspecies o the white rhinoceros From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Soothren white rhinoceros | |
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A Soothren white rhinoceros in Pilanesberg National Park, Sooth Africae. | |
Conservation status | |
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 |
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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