Thursday 16 April 2015

White rhino (Ceratotherium simum)

The northern white rhinoceros, or northern square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni), is one of the two subspecies of the white rhinoceros. Formerly found in several countries in East and Central Africa south of the Sahara, it is considered Critically Endangered or Extinct in the Wild. This subspecies is a grazer in grasslands and savanna woodlands. In the world, there are currently only three rhinos of this subspecies left in captivity.

Poachers are responsible for the swift decline in the population of white rhinos—from more than 2,000 in 1960 to a mere 15 in 1984. Animal conservationists are desperately hoping that Sudan mates with the two female white rhinos at the Ol Pejeta Nature Conservancy. They, along with two other female white rhinos currently kept under captivity, are the last five white rhinos left on the face of Earth.
Let’s take a look at other animals who are close to extinction.

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