The white rhinoceros, white rhino or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is the largest extant species of rhinoceros. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species.

White rhinos are the second-largest land mammal and their name comes from the Afrikaan’s, a West Germanic language, word “weit” which means wide and refers to the animal’s mouth. Also known as the square-lipped rhinoceros, white rhinos have a square upper lip with almost no hair.

The White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is one of the 5 species of rhinoceros that still exists and is one of the few megafauna species left. Behind the elephants, this is probably the most massive remaining land animal.

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White rhinoceroses, also known as square-lipped rhinos, are the largest living species of rhinoceros. There are two different subspecies of white rhino, the southern white rhinoceros, and the northern white rhinoceros.

White rhinos are the world’s second largest land animals (after elephants). Females weigh up to two tonnes, while males can weigh as much as three-and-a-half tonnes. Northern white and southern white rhinos are not actually white, but grey.

The southern white rhinoceros or southern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum) is one of the two subspecies of the white rhinoceros (the other being the much rarer northern white rhinoceros). It is the most common and widespread subspecies of rhinoceros.