Photo: Ray Morris, Black Rhino Dawn
A rhinoceros is one of any five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae, as well as any of the numerous extinct species. Two of the extant species are native to Africa and three to Southern Asia.
September 22 is World Rhino Day
Hashtag: #WorldRhinoDay
Headlines
dark-world-of-the-rhino-horn-trade – @BryanChristy
http://globalinitiative.net/rhino-tipping-point
rhinoceros-poaching-South-Africa.html
Sumatran-Rhino-likely-to-go-extinct-unless-action-is-taken-urgently-warns-IUCN
sumatran-rhino-dangerously-close-to-extinction-conservation-charity-warns
Elsewhere
http://www.rhinos.org – http://www.rhinos.org/professional-resources/iucn-african-rhino-specialist-group
http://johannesburg.cityguidesa.com/ContentDisplay.jsp?contentId=6632&action=detail&category=®ion=6&type=region&sid=99999
http://wildernessfoundation.co.za/savetherhinos
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/19/us-usa-rhino-texa
https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/rhino-facts-and-species
http://airshepherd.org
Flickr
It’s Rhino Day!
Rhinoceros map
Twitter
@SaveOurRhinoK9
@RhinosIRF
@savetherhino
@savingrhinos
Embedded Tweets
A group of rhinos is called a crash of rhinos. #GMAinAfrica pic.twitter.com/hReuccsbSZ
— Good Morning America (@GMA) February 23, 2016
Final live shot for me from Hluhluwe..with the anti-poaching drone that could help #savetherhino. #GMAinAfrica @GMA pic.twitter.com/fBpfBv0hdo
— T.J. Holmes (@tjholmes) February 23, 2016
Kids write book 2 save #rhinos http://t.co/Ds9sb2qNKg Sumatran Rhino http://t.co/hBR6LLWCCa #saveRhinos @NatGeo pic.twitter.com/o3Z4J6iXdH
— BHL (@BioDivLibrary) August 15, 2014
Now, in German, there is no such problem! White rhino = Breitmaulnashorn (wide snout rhino), Black rhino = Spitzmaulnashorn (pointy snout rhino). The popular theory is that English settlers mistranslated "wijd" (Dutch for wide) into white.
— Biotweeps (@biotweeps) January 11, 2018
September 22 is World Rhino Day
Hashtag: #WorldRhinoDay
Other Rhinos
https://www.youtube.com/user/RhinoEntertainment/videos
https://www.redrhino.com
http://usa.rhinorugby.com
Photos
Wikipedia
Rhinoceros
Planeta.com