Black rhinoceros
| Black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros |
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| Adult black rhinoceros female and calf in Etosha National Park. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Eutheria |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: |
Diceros Gray, 1821 |
| Species: | D. bicornis |
| Binomial name | |
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Diceros bicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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| Subspecies | |
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Diceros bicornis bicornis † |
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| Historical black rhinoceros range (ca. 1700 A.D.). Hatched: Possible historical range in West Africa. | |
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| Current black rhinoceros range native reintroduced introduced possibly extinct extinct |
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Diceros bicornis bicornis †
Diceros bicornis brucii †
Diceros bicornis chobiensis
Diceros bicornis ladoensis
Diceros bicornis longipes †
Diceros bicornis michaeli
Diceros bicornis minor
Diceros bicornis occidentalis
native reintroduced introduced possibly extinct extinct
The black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) is a species of rhinoceros, native to eastern and southern Africa including Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Although the rhinoceros is referred to as black, its colors vary from brown to grey.
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