This is a square-lipped rhinoceros, more commonly called a southern white rhino, yet it is not white. Apparently, it got that name by a mistranslation of the Dutch word “wijd” which means wide. And wide it is, typically weighing 3,000 to 8,000 pounds. The largest was almost 10,000 pounds. Only about 17,000 live in the wild but far more than the northern white; only seven remain. If you get the chance, visit Safari West in Santa Rosa, California. You can spend a few hours viewing the 600 animals from the back of an open jeep. And spend the night in one of their luxury tents.