Diceros

Black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros

Adult black rhinoceros female and calf in Etosha National Park.
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Eutheria
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Rhinocerotidae
Genus:	Diceros Gray, 1821
Species:	D. bicornis
Binomial name
*Diceros bicornis* (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
Diceros bicornis bicornis † Diceros bicornis brucii † Diceros bicornis chobiensis Diceros bicornis ladoensis Diceros bicornis longipes † Diceros bicornis michaeli Diceros bicornis minor Diceros bicornis occidentalis

Historical black rhinoceros range (ca. 1700 A.D.). Hatched: Possible historical range in West Africa.

Current black rhinoceros range native reintroduced introduced possibly extinct extinct

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.