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Latin rhinoceros...
Just like this one from Equatorial
Guinea.
The Equatorial Guinea is a country of central Africa, but here
can indeed be seen a Sumatran rhinoceros ! Former Spanish colony,
the Equatorial Guinea is nowadays a country that issues (too?)
many stamps. (Click on the picture to see the whole sheet out of
which it is - it's a CTO sheet)
The collectors who are interested in this geographic zone are not without knowing that the Equatorial Guinea used to be known as the "Rio Muni", Spanish colony that has issued very nice stamps from 1960 to 1967 (out of them 3 rhinoceros, Y&T #50, #53 and #56). Moreover, specialists know that the Bioko island, part of the Equatorial Guinea, used to be called Fernando Poo, that also has had its period of stamps issuing.
At last, less ancient stamps: Nicaragua 1986 and Colombia 1980:
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