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rhinoceros

[rahy-nos-er-uhs] / raɪˈnɒs ər əs /




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Visitors can take photos of rhinoceros with the office towers and apartment buildings of downtown Nairobi visible in the background.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

“It’s also given me the skin of a rhinoceros, which comes in handy when you’re the CEO of Apple,” he wrote in the essay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

"I've got three favourites, the rhinoceros, tigers and red pandas," he said.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

Epiatheracerium itjilik was relatively small and lightly built, comparable in size to a modern Indian rhinoceros but without a horn.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 24, 2026

He yelled at the top of his lungs, imagining himself as a fearsome rhinoceros, but with Ares and Mars screaming in his head, he couldn’t concentrate.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

The animals said to have been featured in various Roman spectacles include hippopotamuses, elephants, rhinoceroses, bears, ostriches and big cats like lions and tigers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024

Dr. Aryn P. Wilder — a conservation scientist at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance — decided to study genetic samples from 12 northern white rhinoceroses that had cytogenetically frozen at the San Diego Zoo.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2024

For the larger Southeast Asian region, the focus expands to include species such as tigers, orangutans, elephants, rhinoceroses and other endangered large mammals.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024

Yes, Neandertal women were spearing woolly rhinoceroses, and Neandertal men were making clothing.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 17, 2023

Ironically, this fearlessness scared his father, and it was a constant source of worry for him, especially when they were hunting lions, elephants, and rhinoceroses in Africa together.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple


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