Southern White Rhino

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Photo of Southern White Rhino

SCIENTIFIC NAME Ceratotherium simum

RANGE Southern Africa and Democratic Republic of the Congo

LOCATION IN THE ZOO African Forest

COOL ANIMAL FACT White rhinos aren’t white. The ‘white’ is taken from the Afrikaans word ‘weit’ meaning ‘wide’ – they were describing the rhino’s mouth.

Nearby

African Forest