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Diceros bicornis

Black rhinoceros or
hook-lipped rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis (Etosha).jpg
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
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 range (c. 1700 A.D.) of Diceros bicornis..svg
Historical black rhinoceros range (ca. 1700 A.D.). Hatched: Possible historical range in West Africa.
Black Rhinoceros area.svg
Current black rhinoceros range

  native   reintroduced   introduced   possibly extinct   extinct


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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