| SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION |
| COMMON NAME: | white rhinoceros, square-lipped rhino |
| KINGDOM: | Animalia |
| PHYLUM: | Chordata |
| CLASS: | Mammalia |
| ORDER: | Perissodactyla |
| FAMILY: | Rhinocerotidae |
| GENUS SPECIES: | Ceratotherium (horn shaped) simum (snub-nosed) |
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| FAST FACTS |
| DESCRIPTION: | Large stocky animal, naturally grey in color, two facial horns and wide, squared lips |
| SIZE: | 1.7-1.9 m (5.5-6.25 ft.) tall at shoulder; 3.25-4.25 m long (10.75-14 ft.) |
| WEIGHT: | 1600-2260 kg (3500-5000 lb.); females are smaller |
| DIET: | Herbivore that eats short grasses |
| GESTATION: | 16 months |
| SEXUAL MATURITY: | |
| MALE | 10-12 years |
| FEMALE | 4-6 years |
| LIFE SPAN: | 25-45 years |
| RANGE: | Eastern and southern Africa; northern savannahs of central |
| HABITAT: | Open savannahs and grasslands |
| POPULATION: | GLOBAL | Unknown |
| STATUS: | IUCN | Not listed |
| CITES | Not listed | |
| USFWS | Endangered |
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