Northern white rhino dies; 5 left worldwide

A northern white rhino has died at a San Diego zoo, leaving only five worldwide and bringing the species closer to extinction, CNN reports.

San Diego Zoo Safari Park announced that Angalifu, one of six remaining northern white rhinos in the world, died Sunday.

Angalifu, 44, died of old age Sunday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

'With Angalifu's passing, only five northern white rhinos are left on the planet, including Nola, our elderly female,' the zoo said in a statement.

He was one of a handful of northern white rhinos left worldwide, including a few at a wildlife conservancy in Kenya. There are no known northern white rhinos left in the wild.

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