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Note: This is one of the most endangered species in the world since only about 4000 still survive. Its numbers are remaining steady in only a few game reserves in South Africa. The major threat to the white rhino is, of course, humans poaching for the horns.
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www.americazoo.com/goto/index/mammals/348.htm
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This fearsome collection has a benign purpose, however, for Hermes intends to use it to save the world's most endangered large mammal: the northern white rhino, whose breeding population has been wiped out in the wild and consists, in captivity, of just two females in a Czech zoo.
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www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/mar/04/conservation...
www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/mar/04/conservation.internationalnews
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Photographs and information about the endangered white and black rhinos of Africa. ... Aside from its size, the white rhino (which is not white in color) is best identified by its large square mouth, which is well-designed for grazing. While eating, the white rhino moves its head from side to side as it slowly walks...
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www.on-the-matrix.com/africa/rhino.asp
www.on-the-matrix.com/africa/rhino.asp
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Endangered Species question: What are the reasons that white rhinos and endangered? people hunt them for their horn, which is thought in many places to have medicinal properties. although this is not true, ... Discuss the question "What are the reasons that white rhinos and endangered?"
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wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_reasons_that_white_rhinos_and_endangered
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The African rhinoceros are from a separate branch (subfamily Dicerotinae) which includes the present-day Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), which originally fed on foliage, and the Square-Lipped Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), also know as the White Rhino, ... Status: Black Rhino is endangered, White Rhino is Vulnerable.
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www.whozoo.org/students/obiibe/rhinos.htm
www.whozoo.org/students/obiibe/rhinos.htm
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The Rhinoceros - The rhinoceros is a large, primitive looking mammal that dates back from the Miocene era ... ... Since 1970 the world rhino population has declined by 90 percent, with five species remaining in the world today, all of which are endangered. The white or square-lipped rhino is one of two rhino species in Africa.
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www.sa-venues.com/wildlife/wildlife_rhino.htm
www.sa-venues.com/wildlife/wildlife_rhino.htm
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The northern white rhino was once widespread, with an estimated 2,250 individuals across five African states in 1960. ... In 1996, the national park was placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger and conservationists made a plea for international support to save the endangered population.
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news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3542060.stm
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