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Other names: Cayman Island ground iguanas
 
Other names: Cayman Island ground iguanas
[[Image:Cyclura cornuta.jpg|300px|thumb|right|'''Rhinocerous iguana (''Cyclura cornuta'')''' (© Raimond Spekking / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0 & GFDL; [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nashornleguan_(Cyclura_cornuta).jpg])]]
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[[Image:DSC01713.JPG|350px|thumb|right|'''Rhinocerous iguana at ZSL London Zoo''']]
    
==Description==
 
==Description==
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==Range==
 
==Range==
[[Image:DSC01713.JPG|350px|thumb|right|'''Rhinocerous iguana at ZSL London Zoo''']]
   
Rhinoceros iguanas are restricted to the Caribbean islands, where each taxon occupies a restricted and usually exclusive distribution within the area.
 
Rhinoceros iguanas are restricted to the Caribbean islands, where each taxon occupies a restricted and usually exclusive distribution within the area.
    
In all cases, habitat destruction by man and the introduction of animals such as pigs and goats has pushed these iguanas to the point of near extinction. They are listed as endangered by CITES and individual Caribbean governments.
 
In all cases, habitat destruction by man and the introduction of animals such as pigs and goats has pushed these iguanas to the point of near extinction. They are listed as endangered by CITES and individual Caribbean governments.
 
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[[Image:Cyclura cornuta.jpg|300px|thumb|right|'''Rhinocerous iguana (''Cyclura cornuta'')''' (© Raimond Spekking / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0 & GFDL; [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nashornleguan_(Cyclura_cornuta).jpg])]]
 
==Diet==
 
==Diet==
  
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