Rhinoceros Emoji

Animals

A side-profile depiction of a rhinoceros, characterized by its thick, grey hide and a prominent horn protruding from its snout. The design emphasizes the animal's heavy, tank-like build and sturdy legs.

Usage Context

Used to denote strength, stubbornness, or direct reference to the endangered animal. It is frequently employed in conversations about wildlife conservation or paired with other powerful creatures like the 🐘 or 🦁 to represent the animal kingdom.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of the growing push to expand the animal category to include more diverse species from across the globe. It reflects a wider movement to bring rare or endangered wildlife into digital communication.

Details

Glyph

🦏

Unicode

U+1F98F

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f98f:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD8F;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-mammal

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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