Ceratotherium

A Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum).

Animalia — Chordata

Classis : Mammalia
Ordo : Perissodactyla
Familia : Rhinocerotidae
Genus : Ceratotherium
Species : C. simum

Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell, 1817)

Conservationis status

NT

Custodienda (IUCN 3.1)^[1]

Subdivisiones: Subspecies

Ceratotherium simum cottoni
Ceratotherium simum simum

Territorium

Primae Ceratotherium simi habitationes [colore aurantio: C. s. cottoni, viride: C. s. simum].

Par Ceratotheriorum simorum in horto zoologico Tobu Saitamae in Iaponia.

Ceratotherium (a Graeco κέρας 'horn' et θηρίον 'bestia'; vulgo "rhinoceros albus") est genus Rhinocerotidarum, cuius sola species quae exstat, Ceratotherium simum, latum os habet quo pascitur, et maximum et socialissima est omnium Rhinocerotidarum. Duae sunt subspecies: Ceratotherium simum simum, cuius sunt 20 000 animalia fera, et Ceratotherium simum cottoni, rarissimum, cuius tria tantum sunt (duo mares et una femina), in captivitate viventia.^[2]

Notae[recensere | fontem recensere]

↑ Emslie, R. (2011). "Ceratotherium simum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Versio 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
↑ "Northern white rhino dies in US, leaving only three alive". BBC

[IUCN-1] Emslie, R. (2011). "Ceratotherium simum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Versio 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature.

[2] "Northern white rhino dies in US, leaving only three alive". BBC

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