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Class: Mammalia

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Rhinocerotidae

Southern white rhinoceros

Ceratotherium simum simum

The southern white rhinoceros is a nominate subspecies; it was given the scientific name Ceratotherium simum simum by the English explorer William John Burchell in the 1810s.

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Class

A class groups related animals within a phylum, such as mammals, birds, reptiles, or amphibians.

Mammalia

A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia. Mammals are characterized by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three middle ear bones.

These characteristics distinguish them from reptiles and birds, from which their ancestors diverged in the Carboniferous period over 300 million years ago. Around 6,640 extant species of mammals have been described and divided into 27 orders. The study of mammals is called mammalogy.