Bere, R.M., 1966. Wild animals in an African national park. London, Andre Deutsch, pp. 1-96
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The white rhino gets its name from the Dutch word wyd, meaning wide or broad. This refers to the animal's great square muzzle and has nothing to do with its colour - it is sometimes called the square-lipped rhinoceros. Its muzzle is like that of the hippopotamus and is perfectly designed for cropping the grass which this rhino eats. The black rhino has a long, pointed overlapping upper lip which enables it to strip leaves and shoots from the bushes and low-growing trees on which it feeds.
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