Rhinoceros originates from Greek. Rhinos is nose and the Keros is horn. So basically the names comes from it having a horned nose.
The white rhino
Just how any other rhino would to another- in which usually includes grunting and snorting.
cause theywanted to give a big, crazy, oversized name to this tiny hamster who believes he's truly more amazing than a hamster generally can be."
because black rihnos are black and god chose that name why did you ask that silly quistion? A popular theory of the origins of the name "White Rhinoceros" is a mistranslation from Dutch to English....