Rhinoceros
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![The five extant speciesThe white rhinoceros is actually greyThe black rhinoceros has a beak shaped lip and is similar in color to the white rhinocerosThe Indian rhinoceros has a single hornSmaller in size than the Indian rhinoceros, the Javan rhinoceros also has a single hornThe Sumatran rhinoceros is the smallest of the rhino species](/Images/godic/202502/07/Waterberg_Nashorn25649.jpg")
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A rhinoceros (/raɪˈnɒsərəs/, meaning "nose horn"), often abbreviated to rhino, is one of any five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae, as well as any of the numerous extinct species. Two of these extant species are native to Africa and three to Southern Asia.