Rhinoceros, the Glossary
A rhinoceros (rhinoceros or rhinoceroses), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae; it can also refer to a member of any of the extinct species of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea.[1]
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186 relations: Abada (rhinoceros), Acaricide, Aceratheriinae, Aceratherium, Acerorhinus, African wild dog, African Wildlife Foundation, Afrikaans, Agatharchides, Agni, Alan Rabinowitz, Albrecht Dürer, Alicornops, Aphelops, Aphrodisiac, Assam, Bardiya National Park, BBC, BBC News, Big cat, Black market, Black rhinoceros, Bornean rhinoceros, Borneo, Brachypotherium, Bugtirhinus, Burdigalian, Caementodon, Care For Wild, Carl Linnaeus, Ceratotherium, Ceratotherium neumayri, Chauvet Cave, Chilotherium, China, Chitwan National Park, Chromosomal polymorphism, Chromosome, CITES, Cladogram, Clara (rhinoceros), Coelodonta, Collagen, Crystal structure, Dürer's Rhinoceros, Diaceratherium, Diceratherium, Dicerorhinus, Diceros, Dihoplus, ... Expand index (136 more) »
- Herbivorous mammals
- Rhinoceroses
- Rhinocerotoidea
- Unicorns
Abada (rhinoceros)
Abada (before 1577–1588), also known as Bada or Ibada, was the name given to a female Indian rhinoceros kept by the Portuguese kings Sebastian I and Henry I from 1577 to 1580 and by Philip II of Spain from about 1580 to 1588.
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Acaricide
Acaricides are pesticides that kill members of the arachnid subclass Acari, which includes ticks and mites.
Aceratheriinae
Aceratheriinae is an extinct subfamily of rhinoceros endemic to Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America, from the Oligocene through the Pliocene.
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Aceratherium
Aceratherium (Greek: "without (a) horn" (keratos), "beast" (therion)) is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid of the subfamily Aceratheriinae that lived in Eurasia during the Miocene.
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Acerorhinus
Acerorhinus is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid of the tribe Aceratheriini endemic to Asia from the Miocene, living from 13.6 to 7.0 mya existing for approximately.
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African wild dog
The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), also known as the painted dog or Cape hunting dog, is a wild canine native to sub-Saharan Africa.
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African Wildlife Foundation
The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is an international conservation organization created with the intent of preserving Africa's wildlife, wild lands, and natural resources.
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Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Agatharchides
Agatharchides or Agatharchus (Ἀγαθαρχίδης or Ἀγάθαρχος, Agatharchos) of Cnidus was a Greek historian and geographer (flourished 2nd century BC).
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Agni
Agni (अग्नि) is the Hindu god of fire.
Alan Rabinowitz
Alan Robert Rabinowitz (December 31, 1953 – August 5, 2018) was an American zoologist who served as the president, CEO, and chief scientist at Panthera Corporation, a nonprofit conservation organization devoted to protecting the world's 40 wild cat species.
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Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer (21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528),Müller, Peter O. (1993) Substantiv-Derivation in Den Schriften Albrecht Dürers, Walter de Gruyter.
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Alicornops
Alicornops is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid belonging to the subfamily Aceratheriinae.
Aphelops
Aphelops (Greek: "smooth" (apheles), "face" (ops), in a reference of lacking a horn) is an extinct genus of hornless rhinocerotids endemic to North America.
Aphrodisiac
An aphrodisiac is a substance alleged to increase libido, sexual desire, sexual attraction, sexual pleasure, or sexual behavior.
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Assam
Assam is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys.
Bardiya National Park
Bardiya National Park is a protected area in Nepal that was established in 1988 as Royal Bardia National Park.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
Big cat
The term "big cat" is typically used to refer to any of the five living members of the genus Panthera, namely the tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard, and snow leopard, as well as the non-pantherine cheetah and cougar.
Black market
A black market, underground economy, or shadow economy is a clandestine market or series of transactions that has some aspect of illegality or is not compliant with an institutional set of rules.
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Black rhinoceros
The black rhinoceros, black rhino or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) is a species of rhinoceros, native to eastern Africa and southern Africa, including Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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Bornean rhinoceros
The Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), also known as the eastern Sumatran rhinoceros or eastern hairy rhinoceros, is one of three subspecies of Sumatran rhinoceros.
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Borneo
Borneo (also known as Kalimantan in the Indonesian language) is the third-largest island in the world, with an area of.
Brachypotherium
Brachypotherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid that lived in Eurasia and Africa during the Miocene.
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Bugtirhinus
Bugtirhinus is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid of the subfamily Elasmotheriinae endemic to Asia during the Miocene living from 20—16.9 mya existing for approximately.
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Burdigalian
The Burdigalian is, in the geologic timescale, an age or stage in the early Miocene.
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Caementodon
Caementodon is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid of the clade Elasmotheriinae endemic to Europe and Asia during the Miocene.
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Care For Wild
Care For Wild is the largest rhinoceros sanctuary in the world, spanning in the greater Barberton Nature Reserve in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.
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Ceratotherium
Ceratotherium (Greek: "horn" (keratos), "beast" (therion)) is a genus of the family Rhinocerotidae, consisting of a single extant species, the white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), and its extinct relative Ceratotherium mauritanicum, of which Ceratotherium efficax is considered a synonym.
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Ceratotherium neumayri
Ceratotherium neumayri is a fossil species of rhinoceros from the Late Miocene (Vallesian-Turolian) of the Balkans and Western Asia, with remains known from Greece,I.X. Giaourtsakis.
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Chauvet Cave
The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave (Grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc) in the Ardèche department of southeastern France is a cave that contains some of the best-preserved figurative cave paintings in the world, as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life.
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Chilotherium
Chilotherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotids endemic to Eurasia during the Miocene through Pliocene living for 13.7—3.4 mya, existing for approximately.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
Chitwan National Park
Chitwan National Park is the first national park of Nepal.
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Chromosomal polymorphism
In genetics, chromosomal polymorphism is a condition where one species contains members with varying chromosome counts or shapes.
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Chromosome
A chromosome is a package of DNA with part or all of the genetic material of an organism.
CITES
CITES (shorter name for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals from the threats of international trade.
Cladogram
A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.
Clara (rhinoceros)
Clara (– 14 April 1758) was a female Indian rhinoceros who became famous during 17 years of touring Europe in the mid-18th century.
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Coelodonta
Coelodonta (from the Greek κοιλία, koilía and οδούς, odoús, "hollow tooth", in reference to the deep grooves of their molars) is an extinct genus of Eurasian rhinocerotoids from 3.7 million years to 14,000 years ago, in the Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs.
Collagen
Collagen is the main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of a body's various connective tissues.
Crystal structure
In crystallography, crystal structure is a description of ordered arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules in a crystalline material.
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Dürer's Rhinoceros
Dürer's Rhinoceros is the name commonly given to a woodcut executed by German artist Albrecht Dürer in 1515.
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Diaceratherium
Diaceratherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid from the Oligocene and Miocene of Eurasia.
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Diceratherium
Diceratherium (meaning "two horned beast") is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid native to North America during the Oligocene through Miocene living from 33.9 to 11.6 mya, existing for approximately.
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Dicerorhinus
Dicerorhinus (Greek: "two" (dio), "horn" (keratos), "nose" (rhinos)) is a genus of the family Rhinocerotidae, consisting of a single extant species, the two-horned Sumatran rhinoceros (D. sumatrensis), and several extinct species.
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Diceros
Diceros (Greek: "two" (dio), "horn" (keratos)) is a genus of rhinoceros containing the extant black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and several extinct species. Rhinoceros and Diceros are rhinoceroses.
Dihoplus
Dihoplus is an extinct genus of rhinoceros that lived in Eurasia from the Late Miocene to Pliocene.
Dutch language
Dutch (Nederlands.) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language.
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Dvůr Králové nad Labem
Dvůr Králové nad Labem (Königinhof an der Elbe) is a town in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic.
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Eastern black rhinoceros
The eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli), also known as the East African black rhinoceros, is a subspecies of the black rhinoceros.
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Elasmotherium
Elasmotherium is an extinct genus of large rhinoceros endemic to Eurasia during Late Miocene through to the Late Pleistocene, with the youngest reliable dates around 39,000 years ago. Rhinoceros and Elasmotherium are unicorns.
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Eocene
The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).
Esmond Bradley Martin
Esmond Bradley Martin (17 April 1941 – 4 February 2018) was an American conservationist who fought for both the preservation of elephants against the illegal ivory trade, and for the rhinoceros against the illegal trade of rhinoceros horns.
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Eurasia
Eurasia is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia.
Evidence-based medicine
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is "the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.
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Extinction
Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.
Family (biology)
Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
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Floridaceras
Floridaceras is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid of the Miocene epoch (early Hemingfordian), endemic to North America, living from around ~20.6–16.3 Ma, existing for approximately.
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Gaindatherium
Gaindatherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid that lived in Asia during the Miocene.
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Golaghat district
Golaghat district (Pron:ˌgəʊləˈgɑ:t) is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India.
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Grassland
A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae).
Gulfoceras
Gulfoceras is an extinct genus of rhinoceros endemic to North America from the Miocene, living from 23.03 to 20.4 mya existing for approximately.
Han dynasty
The Han dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu.
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Herbivore
A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet.
Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya.
Hippopotamus
The hippopotamus (hippopotamuses or hippopotami; Hippopotamus amphibius), also shortened to hippo (hippos), further qualified as the common hippopotamus, Nile hippopotamus, or river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa. Rhinoceros and hippopotamus are herbivorous mammals.
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Hispanotherium
Hispanotherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid of the tribe Elasmotheriini endemic to Europe and Asia during the Miocene living from 16—7.25 mya existing for approximately.
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Horn (anatomy)
A horn is a permanent pointed projection on the head of various animals that consists of a covering of keratin and other proteins surrounding a core of live bone.
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Hybrid (biology)
In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different varieties, subspecies, species or genera through sexual reproduction.
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Hyena
Hyenas or hyaenas (from Ancient Greek ὕαινα) are feliform carnivoran mammals belonging to the family Hyaenidae.
Hyrachyus
Hyrachyus (from Hyrax and ὗς "pig") is an extinct genus of perissodactyl mammal that lived in Eocene Europe, North America, and Asia.
Hyracodontidae
The Hyracodontidae are an extinct family of rhinocerotoids endemic to North America, Europe, and Asia during the Eocene through early Oligocene, living from 48.6 to 26.3 million years ago (Mya), existing about. Rhinoceros and Hyracodontidae are Rhinocerotoidea.
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Independent Online
Independent Online, popularly known as IOL, is a news website based in South Africa that has been involved in various controversies, including making up fake stories, fictitious journalists and doxing.
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Indian rhinoceros
The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also known as the greater one-horned rhinoceros, great Indian rhinoceros, or Indian rhino for short, is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent.
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International Fund for Animal Welfare
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is one of the largest animal welfare and conservation charities in the world.
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International Rhino Foundation
The International Rhino Foundation (IRF) is a Texas-based charity focused on the conservation of the five species of rhinoceros which include the White Rhinoceros and Black Rhinoceros of Africa, and the Indian Rhinoceros, Javan Rhinoceros and Sumatran Rhinoceros of Asia.
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Iranotherium
Iranotherium ("Beast of Iran") is an extinct genus of large elasmotheriine rhinocerotids, comparable in size to a modern white rhino.
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Javan rhinoceros
The Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), Javan rhino, Sunda rhinoceros or lesser one-horned rhinoceros is a critically endangered member of the genus Rhinoceros, of the rhinoceros family, Rhinocerotidae, and one of the five remaining extant rhinoceros species across South Asia and Africa.
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Johannesburg
Johannesburg (Zulu and Xhosa: eGoli) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa with 4,803,262 people, and is classified as a megacity; it is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world.
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Just So Stories
Just So Stories for Little Children is a 1902 collection of origin stories by the British author Rudyard Kipling.
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Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India.
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Keratin
Keratin is one of a family of structural fibrous proteins also known as scleroproteins.
Khmer people
The Khmer people (ជនជាតិខ្មែរ, UNGEGN:, ALA-LC) are an Austroasiatic ethnic group native to Cambodia and the Mekong Delta.
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Krugersdorp Game Reserve
Krugersdorp Game Reserve is a 1500 Ha Game Reserve, located near the town of Krugersdorp, South Africa, approximately 40 minutes drive from central Johannesburg.
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Lal Suhanra National Park
Lal Suhanra is a national park in Pakistan that is situated in the Bahawalpur district of Punjab province.
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Large intestine
The large intestine, also known as the large bowel, is the last part of the gastrointestinal tract and of the digestive system in tetrapods.
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Lartetotherium
Lartetotherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid that lived during the Miocene in Europe and possibly China.
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Last Glacial Period
The Last Glacial Period (LGP), also known as the Last glacial cycle, occurred from the end of the Last Interglacial to the beginning of the Holocene, years ago, and thus corresponds to most of the timespan of the Late Pleistocene.
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Lisbon
Lisbon (Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits and 2,961,177 within the metropolis.
List of fictional pachyderms
This list of fictional pachyderms is a subsidiary to the List of fictional ungulates.
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List of odd-toed ungulates by population
This is a list of odd-toed ungulate species by estimated global population.
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Malay language
Malay (Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spoken in East Timor and parts of Thailand.
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Mammal
A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.
Megafauna
In zoology, megafauna (from Greek μέγας megas "large" and Neo-Latin fauna "animal life") are large animals.
Meninatherium
Meninatherium is a poorly understood extinct genus of Asian rhinocerotid.
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Menoceras
Menoceras ("Crescent Horns") is a genus of extinct, small rhinocerotids endemic to most of southern North America and ranged as far south as Panama during the early Miocene epoch.
Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster, Incorporated is an American company that publishes reference books and is mostly known for its dictionaries.
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Mesaceratherium
Mesaceratherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotids.
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Miocene
The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).
Mosaic
A mosaic is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar, and covering a surface.
Nail (anatomy)
A nail is a protective plate characteristically found at the tip of the digits (fingers and toes) of all primates, corresponding to the claws in other tetrapod animals.
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Narrow-nosed rhinoceros
The narrow-nosed rhinoceros (Stephanorhinus hemitoechus), also known as the steppe rhinoceros is an extinct species of rhinoceros belonging to the genus Stephanorhinus that lived in western Eurasia, including Europe, as well as North Africa during the Pleistocene.
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Neontology
Neontology is a part of biology that, in contrast to paleontology, deals with living (or, more generally, recent) organisms.
Nesorhinus
Nesorhinus is an extinct genus of rhinoceros from the Pleistocene of Asia.
Nicolaas Jan van Strien
Nicolaas Jan van Strien (1 April 1946 – 7 February 2008), or just Nico van Strien, was a zoologist and conservationist of Dutch ancestry.
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Northern Sumatran rhinoceros
The northern Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis), also known as Chittagong rhinoceros or northern hairy rhinoceros, was the most widespread subspecies of Sumatran rhinoceros, as well as the only known subspecies native to mainland Asia.
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Northern white rhinoceros
The northern white rhinoceros or northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) is one of two subspecies of the white rhinoceros (the other being the southern white rhinoceros).
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Oligocene
The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.
Oxpecker
The oxpeckers are two species of bird which make up the genus Buphagus, and family Buphagidae.
Paraceratherium
Paraceratherium is an extinct genus of hornless rhinocerotoids belonging to the family Paraceratheriidae.
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Paradiceros
Paradiceros is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid that lived in east Africa during the Late Miocene, between 13.7 and 9 million years ago.
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Parelasmotherium
Parelasmotherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotids that lived in Northern China about 11.1 million years ago in the Late Miocene.
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Pembient
Pembient is a biotech company in Seattle, Washington, United States that was founded with the goal of creating bioengineered wildlife products to fight poaching around the world.
Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia, historically known as Malaya, also known as West Malaysia or the "Malaysian Peninsula", is the western part of Malaysia that comprises the southern part of the Malay Peninsula on Mainland Southeast Asia and the nearby islands.
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Peraceras
Peraceras is an extinct genus of rhinocerotids endemic to North America.
Perissodactyla
Perissodactyla is an order of ungulates.
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Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China
The Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China (PPRC) or the Chinese Pharmacopoeia (ChP), compiled by the Pharmacopoeia Commission of the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China, is an official compendium of drugs, covering Traditional Chinese and western medicines, which includes information on the standards of purity, description, test, dosage, precaution, storage, and the strength for each drug.
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Piazza Armerina
Piazza Armerina (Gallo-Italic of Sicily: Ciazza; Sicilian: Chiazza) is a comune in the province of Enna of the autonomous island region of Sicily, southern Italy.
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Plesiaceratherium
Plesiaceratherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotids.
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Pliocene
The Pliocene (also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 million years ago.
Pliorhinus
Pliorhinus is an extinct genus of rhinoceros known from the Late Miocene and Pliocene of Eurasia.
Poaching
Poaching is the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights.
Prehensility
Prehensility is the quality of an appendage or organ that has adapted for grasping or holding.
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Prosantorhinus
Prosantorhinus is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid from the lower and middle Miocene.
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Protaceratherium
Protaceratherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid from the Oligocene and Miocene of Eurasia.
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Radio-frequency identification
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects.
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Rhinoceros
A rhinoceros (rhinoceros or rhinoceroses), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae; it can also refer to a member of any of the extinct species of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea. Rhinoceros and rhinoceros are extant Eocene first appearances, herbivorous mammals, rhinoceroses, Rhinocerotoidea and unicorns.
Rhinoceros (genus)
Rhinoceros is a genus comprising one-horned rhinoceroses.
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Rhinoceros (play)
Rhinoceros (Rhinocéros) is a play by playwright Eugène Ionesco, written in 1959.
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Rhinoceros of Versailles
The Rhinoceros of Versailles was a living Indian rhinoceros which was kept in the Palace of Versailles menagerie from 1770 until 1793.
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Rhinoceroses in ancient China
The existence of rhinoceroses in ancient China is attested both by archaeological evidence and by references in ancient Chinese literature.
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Rhinocerotoidea
Rhinocerotoidea is a superfamily of perissodactyls that appeared 56 million years ago in the Paleocene.
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Ronzotherium
Ronzotherium is an extinct genus of perissodactyl mammal from the family Rhinocerotidae.
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Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)The Times, (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12.
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Rusingaceros
Rusingaceros or Dicerorhinus leakeyi is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid known from the Miocene of Rusinga Island, Kenya.
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Save the Rhino
Save the Rhino International (SRI) is a UK-based conservation charity.
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Scientific American
Scientific American, informally abbreviated SciAm or sometimes SA, is an American popular science magazine.
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Shansirhinus
Shansirhinus is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid endemic to China during the Miocene through Pliocene.
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Shennongtherium
Shennongtherium is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid from the Miocene time period.
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Siberia
Siberia (Sibir') is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east.
Sinotherium
Sinotherium ("Chinese Beast") is an extinct genus of single-horned elasmotheriine rhinocerotids that lived from the late Miocene (Tortonian - Messinian) to Early Pliocene.
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South African National Parks
South African National Parks (SANParks) is the body responsible for managing South Africa's national parks.
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South Asia
South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethnic-cultural terms.
South-central black rhinoceros
The south-central black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis minor), also known as the south-central hook-lipped rhinoceros or the lesser black rhino, is a subspecies of the black rhinoceros.
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South-western black rhinoceros
The south-western black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis occidentalis) is a subspecies of the black rhinoceros, living in southwestern Africa (northern Namibia and southern Angola, introduced to South Africa).
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Southern white rhinoceros
The southern white rhinoceros or southern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum) is one of the two subspecies of the white rhinoceros (the other being the much rarer northern white rhinoceros).
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Stephanorhinus
Stephanorhinus is an extinct genus of two-horned rhinoceros native to Eurasia and North Africa that lived during the Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene.
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Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis
Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis, also known as Merck's rhinoceros (or the less commonly, the forest rhinoceros) is an extinct species of rhinoceros belonging to the genus Stephanorhinus from the Middle to Late Pleistocene of Eurasia.
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Subhyracodon
Subhyracodon (Latin: "below the genus Hyracodon") is an extinct genus of hornless rhinocerotids.
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Subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies (subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed.
Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia.
Sumatran rhinoceros
The Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), also known as the Sumatran rhino, hairy rhinoceros or Asian two-horned rhinoceros, is a rare member of the family Rhinocerotidae and one of five extant species of rhinoceros; it is the only extant species of the genus Dicerorhinus.
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Tapir
Tapirs are large, herbivorous mammals belonging to the family Tapiridae.
Taxonomic rank
In biology, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in an ancestral or hereditary hierarchy.
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Teleoceras
Teleoceras (Greek: "perfect" (teleos), "horn" (keratos)) is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid.
The Economist
The Economist is a British weekly newspaper published in printed magazine format and digitally.
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The Gods Must Be Crazy
The Gods Must Be Crazy is a 1980 comedy film written, produced, edited and directed by Jamie Uys.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Tick
Ticks are parasitic arachnids of the order Ixodida.
Tonne
The tonne (or; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.
Traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China.
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Traditional medicine
Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous medicine or folk medicine) comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within the folk beliefs of various societies, including indigenous peoples, before the era of modern medicine.
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Traffic (conservation programme)
TRAFFIC (Trade Records Analysis of Flora and Fauna in Commerce), also known as the Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network, is a global non-governmental organization monitoring the trade in wild plants and animals.
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Trigonias
Trigonias (Greek: "triangular" (trigonos), "ias") is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid from the late Eocene (Chadronian) some 35 million years ago of North America.
Tswana language
Tswana, also known by its native name Setswana, and previously spelled Sechuana in English, is a Bantu language spoken in and indigenous to Southern Africa by about 8.2 million people.
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Uintaceras
Uintaceras is an extinct genus of medium-sized early rhinocerotoids that lived in North America (Wyoming and Utah) during the Middle Eocene, with only the type species U. radinskyi, named in 1997, currently contained within the genus. Rhinoceros and Uintaceras are Rhinocerotoidea.
Ujung Kulon National Park
Ujung Kulon National Park is a national park at the westernmost tip of Java, located in Sumur District of Pandeglang Regency, part of Banten province in Indonesia.
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Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh ('North Province') is a state in northern India.
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Vahana
Vahana (translit) or vahanam denotes the being, typically an animal or mythical entity, a particular Hindu deity is said to use as a vehicle.
Valentim Fernandes
Valentim Fernandes (died 1518 or 1519) was a printer who lived in Portugal.
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Victoriaceros
Victoriaceros is an extinct genus of elasmotheriine rhinoceros known from the Miocene of Maboko Island, Kenya.
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Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.
Villa Romana del Casale
The Villa Romana del Casale (Sicilian: Villa Rumana dû Casali) is a large and elaborate Roman villa or palace located about 3 km from the town of Piazza Armerina, Sicily.
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Wart
Warts are non-cancerous viral growths usually occurring on the hands and feet but which can also affect other locations, such as the genitals or face.
Western black rhinoceros
The western black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis longipes) or West African black rhinoceros is an extinct subspecies of the black rhinoceros.
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White rhinoceros
The white rhinoceros, white rhino or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) 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 16,803 wild-living animals, and the much rarer northern white rhinoceros.
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Woodcut
Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking.
Woolly mammoth
The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is an extinct species of mammoth that lived from the Middle Pleistocene until its extinction in the Holocene epoch.
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Woolly rhinoceros
The woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) is an extinct species of rhinoceros that inhabited northern Eurasia during the Pleistocene epoch.
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World Association of Zoos and Aquariums
The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) is the "umbrella" organization for the world zoo and aquarium community.
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World Wide Fund for Nature
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is a Swiss-based international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment.
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Year
A year is the time taken for astronomical objects to complete one orbit.
See also
Herbivorous mammals
- African buffalo
- African bush elephant
- African forest elephant
- Asian elephant
- Bubalus
- Capybara
- Cattle
- Chalicotheres
- Chinkara
- Colobinae
- Elephant
- Elk
- Gemsbok
- Giant panda
- Giraffe
- Goat
- Gorilla
- Hippopotamus
- Horse
- Howler monkeys
- Isilo (elephant)
- Kiang
- Koala
- Megabats
- Megaherbivore
- Nubian giraffe
- Nubian wild ass
- Nutria
- Okapi
- Pronghorn
- Pronghorns
- Pseudoruminant
- Rabbit
- Rhinoceros
- Ruminants
- Sable antelope
- Sheep
- Somali wild ass
- Wildebeest
- Zebra
Rhinoceroses
Rhinocerotoidea
- Allacerops
- Amynodontidae
- Cadurcodon
- Eggysodon
- Eggysodontidae
- Hyracodon
- Hyracodontidae
- Metamynodon
- Paraceratheriidae
- Rhinoceros
- Rhinoceroses
- Rhinocerotoidea
- Uintaceras
Unicorns
- Abada (unicorn)
- Al-Mi'raj
- Camahueto
- Elasmotherium
- Indrik
- Invisible Pink Unicorn
- Karkadann
- Kiang
- Monoceros
- Monoceros (legendary creature)
- Narwhal
- Qilin
- Re'em
- Rhinoceros
- Scottish royal tapestry collection
- Shadhavar
- The Lion and the Unicorn
- Unicorn
- Unicorn (coin)
- Unicorn Cave
- Unicorn horn
- White horses in mythology
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros
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