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In the Hall of Mammals, a beautiful White rhinoceros skull (Ceratotherium simum).
Howard Hughes Wanders Out Among the Artifacts nineweaving 2010
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Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis, CR) and northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni, CR) have been extirpated from the ecoregion, although occasional unconfirmed reports of the former (from southern Chad, for example) continue to be received.
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A small group of white rhino (Ceratotherium simum) has also been recently re-introduced into the park after becoming locally extinct in the early 1900s.
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However, both the critically endangered black rhinos (Diceros bicornis) and white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum) are represented.
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This region also has played a vital role in the restoration of the white rhino (Ceratotherium simum).
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The park contains probably the last viable natural population of square-lipped or northern white rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum cottoni (CR).
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While faunal diversity is only moderate, white (Ceratotherium simum) and black rhinos (Diceros bicornis) are found here, along with several other globally threatened species.
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There are 97 species of terrestrial mammals in the Park including the internationally threatened black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis minor (13 in the Eastern Shores and 95 in the adjoining Mkusi Game Reserve), and 150 white rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum.
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Large browsers such as elephant (Loxodonta africana), rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis, Ceratotherium simum) and greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) have historically played a part in limiting its spread.
Albany thickets 2008
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Herds of large mammals, including black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou) and white rhino (Ceratotherium simum), used to occur here, but were extirpated by early settlers.
Highveld grasslands 2008
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