Ceratotherium simum - #295
White Rhinoceros
Close-up view of head, showing horns. Also as Square-lipped Rhinoceros|Southern White Rhinoceros.
Geographic Distribution
Southern Africa in SE Angola, Botswana, NE Namibia, S Mozambique, South Africa (north of Orange-Vaal Rivers and in KwaZulu-Natal), Swaziland, Zimbabwe, and possibly also SW Zambia. Now much restricted in distribution; in south of range, extinct except in E KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), but reintroduced into other parts of South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo Prov., Mpumalanga, Free State), Namibia, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Botswana; introduced into Zambia and Kenya. In north of range, now confined to NE Dem. Rep. Congo.
Order/Family
Rhinocerotidae
Genus
Ceratotherium
Specific Epithet
simum
Image Location
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve
Image Date
1978
Photographer
GC Hickman