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rhinoceros - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11)

Rhinoceroses are heavy animals with thick skin and hooves. There are five species, or types, of this mammal. Illegal hunting has left most of them in danger of dying out.

rhinoceros - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)

Nearly all species of rhinoceroses are threatened, and some are close to extinction. Despite protective laws, they continue to be hunted because parts of their bodies are credited with some medicinal value in folk medicine. Most are killed for their horns, believed by some East Asian peoples to be an aphrodisiac, or sexual stimulant. Yet the rhino’s horn is simply a mass of keratin-a fibrous protein found in the hair, nails, and outer skin of mammals.

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