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Backgrounds Gallery of Animals - RHINOS
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Ref: 00001_White-rhino ''Ceratotherium simum'' - The White Rhino, here browsing at Kube Yini, Zululand. The rhinocerous is the largest species of land mammal after the elephant and can weigh up to 3,6 metric tonnes. |
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Ref: 00012_Square-lipped-rhino Rhino lying in a wallow at Hluhluwe Game Reserve. The name comes from a mispronunciation of the High Dutch ''weid'', for ''wide'', as the White Rhino is also known as the ''Square Lipped'' Rhino for it's mouth shape. |
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Ref: 00013_White-rhinoceros White Rhino in water puddle at Hluhluwe Game Reserve. The Black Rhino, known as a mean tempered agressor, gets it name from being opposite in temperament to the White Rhino. Generally, the black is a slightly smaller sub species. |
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Ref: 00018_Rhino-browsing Rhinos browsing at Hluhluwe Game Reserve. There are currently some 11000 White Rhino surviving, mostly in Southern Africa (So.Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Namibia) with a much smaller pool in northern Zaire (DRC). The Asian rhino is now close to extinction. |
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Ref: 00019_Rhino-at-Hluhluwe Rhinos browsing at Hluhluwe Game Reserve. It is generally accepted that the core stock of rhino were rescued from extinction in the breeding programmes and conservation in the Hluhluwe and Umfolosi parks in Zululand |
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Ref: 00026_Rhino-river-wallow A crash of rhinos (yup, that really is the collective noun) wallowing in a river at Phinda Resource Reserve, Zululand. |
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