- White Rhino | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
Also known as the square-lipped rhinoceros, white rhinos have a square upper lip with almost no hair Two genetically different subspecies exist the northern and southern white rhino, and are found in two different regions in Africa As of March 2018, there are only two rhinos of the northern white rhino left, both of which are female
- Top Endangered Animals of 2025 - Wright State Guardian
Poaching and habitat loss are rhinos’ biggest threat According to the International Rhino Foundation, fewer than 60 Javan rhinos currently exist Northern white rhinos are possibly extinct in the wild, with roughly 2 left There are only about 30 Sumatran rhinos remaining and there are roughly 3,142 Black rhinos left
- THE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION (IRF) RELEASED THE STATE . . .
With all five species combined, there are just under 28,000 rhinos left in world Rhino poaching in Africa increased by 4% from 2022 to 2023 The number of white rhinos increased but greater one-horned rhino (Indian Rhino) number remained the same White rhino populations in South Africa are on rise despite poaching About Rhino
- Northern white rhino: Facts about the worlds rarest rhino
In 2008, a survey in Garamba concluded that northern white rhinos had become extinct in the wild This left just eight northern white rhinos in two zoos on opposite sides of the world – in the Czech Republic and California Attention quickly turned to the northern white rhinos living in Dvůr Králové Zoo in the Czech Republic
- A Look at the Current Rhino Population
White rhinos make up the majority of the population, with around 18,000 left Black rhinos, however, are critically endangered, with approximately 5,500 individuals remaining The situation is most dire for Sumatran and Javan rhinos, whose numbers are alarmingly low, with fewer than 80 each in the wild The Poaching Epidemic
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