Rhino Beware (signed limited edition)
David Shepherd
CBE OBE FRSA FGRA
"Rhino Beware"
Signed Limited Edition
Image Size:- 18.25" x 30"
Published 1988
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A rhinoceros, commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae, as well as any of the numerous extinct species therein.
Two of the extant species are native to Africa, and three to Southern Asia.
The names of black and white rhinos are misleading – as both are actually grey. The white rhino is said to have gotten its name from the Afrikaans word for wide (‘wyd’), referring to its wide, square lip
(in contrast, black rhinos have a pointy upper lip).
Early English explorers mistook this word for ‘white’ and consequently named this species ‘white’ rhino, and the other ‘black’ rhino to differentiate.