Rhinoceros
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RHINOCEROS, the designation for such perissodactyle (odd-toed) ungulate mammals as carry one or more horns on the head, and their extinct relatives (see Perissodactyla).
Rhinoceros Vipers use long fangs, potent venom and powerful jaw muscles to kill their prey. The venom of this snake is hematoxic and can be deadly. Its venom is both heotoxic and neurotoxic.
Rhinoceros
The rhinoceros has been on our planet for 60 million years. 30 species existed millions of years ago but today there are only 5 species - 2 African and 3 Asian.
Rhinoceros auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
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Length: 11.5 inches
Sexes similar
Immature similar to adult basic but lacks plumes and bill and eyes are darker
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Rhinoceros Hornbill
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Rhinoceros Iguana
Cyclura cornuta cornuta
Also Called: Rock Iguana or Hispaniolian Rhino Iguana ...
Rhinoceros Hornbill
Range
Southeast Asia, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java
Habitat
Found in lowlands and hill forests ...
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Rhinoceros Species
Two of the five rhinoceros species are African and three Asian. The African species have two horns, one behind the other, and their skins are gray and smooth rather than folded.
Rhinoceros Iguana - Cyclura cornuta.
The rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta) is a large iguana whose common name was inspired by the several enlarged, horn-like scales on its snout that resemble the horns of a rhinoceros.
Rhinoceros Massively strong built animal of Africa, India, Southeast Asia. They are herbivorous , and are fond of wallowing in mud and in water. The male, white African rhinoceros may reach a height at the shoulder of six a half feet.
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Rhinoceros Auklet: Feeds mainly on small fish, but sometimes takes crustaceans and squid; forages by diving from the surface and pursuing prey under water.
Vocalization
Rhinoceros Auklet: Gives low growling notes on the nest.
Rhinoceros Viper Species Profile
Most specimens are wild-caught and should be thoroughly vetted for intestinal and other parasites, neck problems and paramyxovirus infection ('star-gazing disease').
The rhinoceros (commonly called rhino for short; plural can be either rhinoceros or rhinoceroses) is any of five surviving species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. All five species are native to Africa or Asia.
White rhinoceros, woolly rhinoceros (extinct)
CLASS: Mammalia (mammal)
ORDER: Perissodactyla (nonruminant mammals with odd-numbered toes) ...
Buceros rhinoceros
This giant hornbill was revered by ancient people as a "god of war." Today it hops through the tropical jungle canopy looking for ripe fruit to eat.
POPULATION:
Black Rhino (Diceros bicornis): 2,400
White Rhino (Ceratotherium simum): 7,500
Sumatran Rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis): 400
Javan Rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus): fewer than 100
Indian Rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis): more than 2,000 ...
Rhinoceros
Rhinos once roamed throughout Eurasia and Africa, and were known to early Europeans who depicted them in cave paintings.
Within historical times, they were still widespread across Africa's savannas and Asia's tropical forests.
Rhinoceros words:
A male is a bull, a female is a cow, a young one is a calf.
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White Rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum
Also Called: Square-lipped rhinoceros
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Kruger enjoys having his horn brushed as well as the sensitive area where his horn meets the skin.
We use a long handled brush to rub his sensitive feet.
White Rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum
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White Rhinoceros
Two subspecies at opposite ends of the survival scale
Common Name: White rhinoceros, square-lipped rhinoceros; Rhinocéros blanc(Fr); Rinoceronte(Sp) ...
The White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is also known as the Square-lipped Rhinoceros. The latter name is really more appropriate since this animal is not white at all.
Rhinoceros unicornis
Indian rhinoceros
Taxonomy Rhinoceros unicornis [Linnaeus, 1758]. Citation: Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:56. Type locality: India, Assam Terai.
Rhinoceros are killed by humans for their valuable horns, which are made of keratin, the same type of protein that makes up hair and fingernails.
Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros rhinoceros - Male
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Rhinoceros Auk, Horn-Bill Auk, Horn-billed Auk, Horn-billed Puffin, Hornbilled Puffin, Unicorn Auk
Bird Family :
Alcidae - Auks, dovekie, murres, guillemots, auklets, murrelets & puffins ...
Rhinoceros are herbivores and mostly eat grasses. They use their prehensile upper lip to twist around the grass clumps and pull off large mouthfuls. They occasionally browse on leaves and shrubs, but their main diet is grass.
The rhinoceros's single horn, usually about 35 cm (14 in.) long, is made of compressed hair. It is not used for defence. Rather, the rhinoceros defends itself with the two long canine teeth in its lower jaw, with which it can make horrible gashes.
White Rhinoceros
Mammal. The white rhinoceros is the second largest land mammal in the world, after the elephant. White rhinos can weigh over 2,000 kilograms (2 tons) and stand as tall as 1.8 meters (6 feet).
White Rhinoceros
The closely related White and Black Rhinos live in southern and southeastern Africa, with the largest populations of both species in the country of South Africa, according to the International Rhino Foundation.
White Rhinoceros Range
Fast Facts
Type: Mammal Diet: Herbivore Size: Head and body, 11 to 13.75 ft (3.4 to 4.2 m); tail, 20 to 27.
Woolly Rhinoceros
The woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta) was a large Ice Age mammal, now extinct. It was widespread throughout the tundra of northern Eurasia during the Pleistocene epoch, about 1.
Indian Rhinoceroses are vulnerable to sunburn.By wallowing in mud, they protect their skin from the sun.
The first weeks after giving birth, mother rhinos produce 5 - 7 gallons of milk daily.
Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)
Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
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Sumatran orang-utan (Pongo abelii)
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The name rhinoceros comes from the Greek words for "nose-horn" (rhino-ceros). Rhinoceroses are the only mammals with horns on their noses rather than on top of their heads.
The Javan rhinoceros ("rhino") weighs 1500 - 2000 kg (3200 - 4400 lb). It has one horn and prominent folds in the skin, similar to the . The Javan rhino prefers tall grass and reed beds in lowland rain forests.
Rhinoceroses are surviving members of ancient animals called ungulates which were among the first to evolve hooves. Rhinos are odd-toed ungulates that have three toes on each foot.
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White Rhinoceros (Africa) (Ceratotherium simum)
Population: 17,000 Status: Near-Threatened Species
Black Rhinoceros (Africa) (Diceros bicornis)
Population: 3,500 Status: Critically Endangered Species ...
Rhinoceros Auklet, Cerorhinca monocerata
Fratercula
Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula arctica
Horned Puffin, Fratercula corniculata
Tufted Puffin, Fratercula cirrhata ...
Rhinoceros Hornbills Buceros rhinoceros have declined in Sumatra and elsewhere mainly because of logging and habitat degradation.
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Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
The black rhinoceros is classified as a member of the order Perissodactyla (Odd-Toed Hoofed Mammals) and is a member of the family Rhinocerotidae.
Rhinoceros Hornbill: Its biological name is 'buceros rhinoceros'. It has white beak with red and orange shades, black wings and black and white tail. It is the largest bird of this species.
RHINOCEROS
A rhinoceros is a huge animal from Africa that has one or two horn-like spikes on its head.
TAPIR
A plant-eating, hoofed mammal with a small trunk.
Rhinoceros Auklet also has a colorful bill. Some penguins and auklets have colorful feathers on their heads.
Adult Gannets have golden heads as do the Stellar's and Galapagos Albatrosses.
Rhinoceroses are basically solitary and territorial except for the mother-child unit. Groups of adult cows or bachelor bulls are sometimes formed, however, and during the mating season pairs of rhinos may stay together for up to 4 months.
Indian Rhinoceros
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Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)
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Rhinoceros
Scientific Name:
Rhinoceros unicornis
Description
: The Indian rhinoceros has a thick, dark-gray hide, pinkish in the skin folds, and is covered or studded with many small tubercles.
Southern White Rhinoceros
The largest of all rhinoceros species, the southern white rhino weighs 7000-9000 lbs. They are distinguished by a large shoulder hump and wide, squared lips that grasp and cut the short grasses they like to eat.
The status of the southern white rhinoceros on private land in S.A. Pachyderm 34:33-34.
Condy, PR, 1973. The population status, social behaviour and daily activity pattern of the white rhino in the Kyle National Park. M.Sc.
Until very recently you would have had to explore the forests of Indonesia if you ever wished to see a woolly rhinoceros.
Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata: whale watching from Newport Harbor, CA 04 Jan
TUFTED PUFFIN Fratercula cirrhata: Protection Island, 06 Aug
Rock Pigeon Columba livia: Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve, Newport Beach, CA, 01 Jan ...
We lucked upon a pair of black rhinoceros also (one is mostly hidden behind bushes on the right). They took one look at us and dashed away, unlike the white rhinos that had strolled by apparently oblivious to our presence.
You might also be interested in the Zebra Home Page, the rhinoceros page from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program.
They are, however, more closely related to zebras, donkeys, horses and rhinoceros. All of these animals fall into the order Perissodactyla, or odd-toed ungulates (ungulates meaning "having hooves").
 See also: Rhino, Zebra, Reptile, Turtle, Goose
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