White Rhinoceros Small Horn Replica

$138.00

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.

Description

White Rhinoceros Small Horn Replica measures 10 inches. White Rhinoceros Small Horn Replica is museum quality polyurethane resin cast. Horn is Male. Made in USA. Our precise horn can be used as a teaching tool, museum horn exhibit, home décor horn, or office décor horn.

The White Rhinoceros, Square Lipped Rhinoceros or 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 or Ceratotherium simum is one of largest and heaviest land animals in the world. It has an immense body and large head, a short neck and broad chest. Females weigh 3,750 lb. and males 5,070 lb.

On its snout it has two horns. The front horn is larger than the other horn and averages 24 in. in length and can reach 59 in. Females usually have longer but thinner horns than the males which is larger but shorter.

The White Rhinoceros or Ceratotherium simum also has a prominent muscular hump that supports its relatively large head. The color of this animal can range from yellowish brown to slate grey.

Most of its body hair is found on the ear fringes and tail bristles, with the rest distributed rather sparsely over the rest of the body. Southern White Rhinoceros or Ceratotherium simum have the distinctive flat broad mouth that is used for grazing.

The White Rhino or Ceratotherium simum live in the grasslands and savannahs of southern Africa, ranging from South Africa to Zambia. About 98.5 percent of southern white rhinoceros  or Ceratotherium simum occur in just five countries (South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Uganda).

White rhinos are found in grassland and savannah habitat. Herbivore grazers that eat grass, preferring the shortest grains, the white rhinoceros is one of the largest pure grazers. It drinks twice a day if water is available, but if conditions are dry it can live four or five days without water.

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Additional information

Weight 2 lbs
Dimensions 10 in
White Rhinoceros Facts

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Ceratotherium
Species: C. simum
Subspecies: C. s. simum
Trinomial name: Ceratotherium simum simum
Conservation status: Near Threatened