White rhinoceros  (Ceratotherium simum)

Facts

Also known as:White rhino and square-lipped rhinoceros
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Perissodactyla
Family Rhinocerotidae
Genus Ceratotherium (1)
Size Male head-and-body length: 3.7 – 4 m (2)
Female head-and-body length: 3.4 – 3.65 (2)
Tail length: 70 cm (2)
Male shoulder height: 1.7 – 1.86 m (2)
Female shoulder height: 1.6 – 1.77 m (2)
Male weight: 2.3 tonnes (2)
Female weight: 1.7 tonnes (2)

Status

Classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List 2006 (1). Two subspecies of the white rhinoceros are recognised: northern (C. s. cottoni), and southern (C. s. simum). The northern white rhinoceros is classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List 2006 and listed on Appendix I of CITES; the southern white rhinoceros is classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List 2006 and listed on Appendix I of CITES, except in South Africa and Swaziland, where it is listed on Appendix II (1) (3).