rhinoceros

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Airport authorities and police seized six pieces of rhinoceros horn and around 12 kilograms of unidentified meat used to conceal them inside a polystyrene icebox.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Johan Marais spots a rhinoceros from a helicopter and shoots it with a tranquilizer dart.

From Salon • Jun. 16, 2025

Researchers have discovered sustained hunting by humans prevented the woolly rhinoceros from accessing favourable habitats as Earth warmed following the Last Ice Age.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024

With coarse fur, a stocky body, and a pair of daggers sticking out of its face, the woolly rhinoceros proved a formidable beast for millions of years as it roamed northern Eurasia.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 2, 2024

So do the mounted heads of rhinoceros and cheetah, evidence of the Belgian’s skill as a sport hunter.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver