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White rhinoceros – the largest rhino

DinoAnimals.com — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 18:58:56 +0000

White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) Square-lipped rhinoceros It is the biggest and the most numerous species out of rhinoceros living at present. It is also the most characteristic representative of African fauna next to the lion, the zebra and the giraffe. Although it has fair colored skin, its species name is not derived from it, but …

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Rhinoceros – thick-skinned colossus

DinoAnimals.com — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 13:35:39 +0000

Rhinoceroses Characteristics of rhinos Rhinoceros are big and most often lonely living herbivores existing in Africa and South-East Asia. Their food is grass, plant shoots, sometimes branches of thorns. Rhinoceroses form a family with five species still alive today. They are characterized by a strong body and short limbs with three toes as well as …

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Black rhinoceros – hook-lipped rhino

DinoAnimals.com — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 12:23:47 +0000

Black rhinoceros, hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) It is hard to estimate exactly the number of subspecies of the black rhinoceros. However, it is known that at least three of them are classified as extinct in the wild. Every year the situation is getting sadder, because in the reserves is difficult to keep rhinos in good …

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Indian rhinoceros, greater one-horned rhino

DinoAnimals.com — Tue, 31 May 2016 11:01:50 +0000

The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) The greater one-horned rhinoceros, great Indian rhinoceros This is one of the largest land animals in the world and at the same time one of the least friendly towards other rhinos. Although it can be admired in more than one zoo, it does not feel good in captivity and at …

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Javan rhinoceros – silent loner

DinoAnimals.com — Sat, 28 May 2016 11:32:14 +0000

Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) The Javan rhinoceros is critically endangered nowadays. There are two populations of these animals living in the world and the total amount does not exceed 100 rhinos. It is easy to distinguish it from the white rhinoceros because it is smaller and its horn on the foreface is single and short. …

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Sumatran rhinoceros – the smallest rhino

DinoAnimals.com — Thu, 26 May 2016 22:31:03 +0000

Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) Indonesian loner which loves talking. Although it is the smallest of all rhinos, certainly no less surprising than its larger cousins. Let’s meet the Sumatran rhinoceros closer – the owner of the delicate skin. Classification Kingdom: Animalia Class: Mammalia Order: Perissodactyla Family: Rhinocerotidae Genus: Dicerorhinus Species: Dicerorhinus sumatrensis There are three …

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Woolly rhinoceros – Pleistocene rhino

DinoAnimals.com — Sat, 21 May 2016 11:38:59 +0000

Woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitadis) If you want to see a woolly rhinoceros, it is enough to go to… museums :). You could find the woolly rhinoceros in London (the Natural History Museum), in Berlin (Humboldt-Museum) or in the Museum of Natural History in Cracow (Poland). Polish museum exhibits not the skeleton but the real mummified …

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Arsinoitherium – the Eocene giant

DinoAnimals.com — Tue, 17 May 2016 11:42:46 +0000

Arsinoitherium (Arsinoitherium) This is another representative of prehistoric mammals. This time we examine an extraordinary inhabitant of Africa that had features of the rhinoceros, the elephant and the hippopotamus. The Eocene giant, called Arsinoitherium, lived millions of years ago in places rich in vegetation as it was the basis of its diet. Please take a …

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Giant rhinoceros (Elasmotherium) – a prehistoric rhino

DinoAnimals.com — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 15:57:08 +0000

Giant rhinoceros (Elasmotherium) Elasmotherium was a gigantic, prehistoric mammal, which is considered to be an ancestor of present-day rhinos due to its enormous horn and genetic similarities to the woolly rhinoceros. The number of references to this animal may suggest that it has become extinct much more recently than assumed by paleontologists. Classification Kingdom: Animalia …

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