rhinoceros

/raɪˈnɑsərəs/

/raɪˈnɒsərɪs/

Other forms: rhinoceroses

With its massive size, thick skin, and horned snout, the rhinoceros may look like a fearsome creature from a prehistoric world, but this powerful pachyderm is actually a herbivore found in Southeast Asia and Africa.

Despite their tough and intimidating appearance, the diet of a rhinoceros consists primarily of grasses, leaves, and shoots rather than smaller animals. Sadly, the rhinoceros is an endangered animal due to illegal hunting and habitat loss. The rhinoceros plays a crucial role in its environment, contributing to the ecosystem by helping to shape the landscape with its grazing and promoting biodiversity with its presence.

Definitions of rhinoceros

1. noun

   massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
   synonyms: rhino

   types:

   Indian rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis

   having one horn

   Rhinoceros antiquitatis, woolly rhinoceros

   extinct thick-haired species of Arctic regions

   Ceratotherium simum, Diceros simus, white rhinoceros

   large light-grey African rhinoceros having two horns; endangered; sometimes placed in genus Diceros

   Diceros bicornis, black rhinoceros

   African rhino; in danger of extinction

   type of:

   odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal

   placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot