Ceratotherium simum - #3797

White Rhinoceros
Lateral view of skull of adult. 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
USA, CA, San Diego co., San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Image Date
29 August 2010
Photographer
DG Huckaby