northern white rhinoceros
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northern white rhinoceros, (Ceratotherium simum cottoni), also called square-lipped rhinoceros, critically endangered subspecies of the white rhinoceros and the most endangered animal on Earth. The northern white rhinoceros formerly inhabited South Sudan and adjacent areas of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with its range extending westward into the Central African Republic. The remaining population, two females, resides at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. Most researchers divide white rhinoceroses into two subspecies—the northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) and the southern white rhinoceros (C. simum simum)—but some, citing differences in comparative anatomy and DNA, suggest that the two ...(100 of 539 words)