White rhinoceros

Ceratotherium simum · Rhinocerotidae

The white rhinoceros, white rhino or square-lipped rhinoceros 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 consists of two subspecies: the southern white rhinoceros, with an estimated 17,464 individuals in the wild as of the end of 2023, and the much rarer northern white rhinoceros.

Where the White rhinoceros lives

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Namibia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Botswana and eSwatini (Africa).

Most records fall in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Rift Valley, Limpopo, North West and Nairobi.

See the White rhinoceros’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Near threatened (NT). Not at risk yet, but could be soon. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 5,442 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.