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rhinoceros

[rahy-nos-er-uhs] / raɪˈnɒs ər əs /




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Researchers from the Canadian Museum of Nature have identified a previously unknown species of extinct rhinoceros from the High Arctic.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

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

His latest work follows images that have popped up each morning since 5 August across London of a goat, elephants, monkeys, a wolf, pelicans, a cat, piranhas and a rhinoceros.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2024

Most scientists believed the woolly rhinoceros succumbed to a warming climate at the end of the Pleistocene era about 12,000 years ago.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 2, 2024

He also took a large hide of rhinoceros, some raw meat, and a strong rope.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin




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