Thursday, July 9, 2009

Rhinos - Horses - Same Family

"Rhinos are part of the same family as horses."

Rhinoceros (pronounced /raɪˈnɒsərəs/), often colloquially abbreviated rhino, is a name used to group five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. Two of these species are native to Africa and three to southern Asia. Three of the five species—the Javan, Sumatran and Black Rhinoceros—are critically endangered. The Indian is endangered, with fewer than 2,700 individuals remaining in the wild. The White is registered as Vulnerable, with approximately 17,500 remaining in the wild, as reported by the Intenational Rhino Foundation.[1][2] The white rhino is actually not white at all. The name comes from "wide" referring to the wide square mouth that allows the rhino to eat broads of grass.

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