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The white rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros is the largest extant species of rhinoceros. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. The white rhinoceros consists of two subspecies: the southern white rhinoceros, with an estimated 19,682–21,077 wild-living animals in the year 2015, and the much rarer northern white rhinoceros. The northern subspecies had very few remaining, with only three confirmed individuals left in 2015 (two females; Fatu, 15 and Najin, 25: and one male; Sudan, 42), all in captivity.

The name ‘white’ rhino comes from the mispronunciation of the Afrikaans word for ‘wide’ and refers to their wide, flat mouth adapted for grazing. Their horns are used in traditional Far Eastern medicines and for Middle Eastern dagger handles. Southern white rhinoceros have survived due to intense conservation efforts. They have poor eyesight but acute senses of hearing and smell.
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