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Rhinoceros

/raɪˈnɑsərəs/
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(noun) Any large herbivorous ungulate mammal native to Africa and Asia of the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.

Rhinoceros is not a dinosaur.
Three species of rhinoceros are critically endangered.
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The ____ is one of the world's most endangered large mammals, threatened by poaching for its horn.

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