Southern white rhinoceros

Southern white rhinoceros
A southern white rhinoceros in Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[1][note 1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Rhinocerotidae
Genus:	Ceratotherium
Species:	C. simum
Subspecies:	C. s. simum
Trinomial name
Ceratotherium simum simum (Burchell, 1817)
Southern white rhino distribution range according to the IUCN.   Extant (Resident)   Extant and reintroduced (Resident)   Extant and assisted colonisation (Resident)   Presence uncertain & assisted colonisation
Synonyms
Ceratotherium simum burchellii (Desmarest, 1822) Ceratotherium simum oswellii (Elliot, 1847) Ceratotherium simum kiaboaba (Murray, 1866)

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). It is the most common and widespread subspecies of rhinoceros.

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