white rhinoceros
noun
variants
or white rhino
: a rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) of southern and central Africa that is distinguished from the black rhinoceros especially by larger size and by a squared upper lip lacking a protrusion
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The elephant enclosure will be repurposed for the zoo's white rhinoceroses, 40-year-old female, Sindi, and 9-year-old male, Letterman.
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Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2024
The calf, a southern white rhinoceros, is the first to be born at Zoo Atlanta.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2024
While white rhinoceroses are the least threatened of the five rhinoceros species, Zenzele’s pregnancy raises awareness of conservation efforts to save rhinoceroses in the wild.
—The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
One of the Toronto Zoo's newest residents with a need for speed is the park's white rhinoceros calf.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
The Indianapolis Colts may have lost any hope of making it to the Super Bowl last month, but the city celebrated a different sort of win this Super Bowl Sunday: the birth of a white rhinoceros calf.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 12 Feb. 2024
Zoo Atlanta also welcomed another female southern white rhinoceros in October, 17-year-old Dakari.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2023
The mother is Zenzele, a 19-year-old white rhinoceros who arrived at the Indianapolis Zoo in June from The Wilds in Cumberland, Ohio.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
The southern white rhinoceros is the first to be born at the zoo.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2023
Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2024
The calf, a southern white rhinoceros, is the first to be born at Zoo Atlanta.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2024
While white rhinoceroses are the least threatened of the five rhinoceros species, Zenzele’s pregnancy raises awareness of conservation efforts to save rhinoceroses in the wild.
—The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
One of the Toronto Zoo's newest residents with a need for speed is the park's white rhinoceros calf.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
The Indianapolis Colts may have lost any hope of making it to the Super Bowl last month, but the city celebrated a different sort of win this Super Bowl Sunday: the birth of a white rhinoceros calf.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 12 Feb. 2024
Zoo Atlanta also welcomed another female southern white rhinoceros in October, 17-year-old Dakari.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2023
The mother is Zenzele, a 19-year-old white rhinoceros who arrived at the Indianapolis Zoo in June from The Wilds in Cumberland, Ohio.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
The southern white rhinoceros is the first to be born at the zoo.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2023
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