Ceratotherium simum shine sunan kimiyya na farar karkanda, jinsin karkanda da ake samu a Afirka. "Cerato" yana nufin "ƙaho" a harshen Helenanci, "therium" yana nufin "dabba" ko "dabba," kuma "simum" ya samo asali ne daga kalmar "sima," ma'ana "lalata-hankali" dangane da hancin karkanda. . Saboda haka, da sunan Ceratotherium simum roughly fassara zuwa "ƙaho, lebur hanci dabba."
