Rhino Horn & Skin

Common Name: White Rhinoceros
Scientific Name: Ceratotherium simum
Protected Status: U.S. ESA - Endangered as C.s.cottoni; CITES - App. II as C.s.simum otherwise App.I
Laboratory Section: Morphology
What’s the Story? A close-up of where the horn grows out of the skin of a rhino.

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