Black rhinoceros
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The black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) is a species o rhinoceros, hamelt in eastren an central Africae includin Kenyae, Tanzanie, Cameroon, Sooth Africae, Namibie, Zimbabwe, an Angolae. Altho the rhinoceros is referred tae as black, its colours vary frae broun tae gray.
| Black rhinoceros or huik-lippit rhinoceros[1] | |
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| Male sooth-wastren black rhinoceros in Etosha Naitional Pairk. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Faimily: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | Diceros Gray, 1821 |
| Species: | D. bicornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Diceros bicornis | |
| Subspecies | |
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Diceros bicornis bicornis † | |
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| Historical black rhinoceros range (ca. 1700 A.D.).[3] Hatched: Possible historical range in Wast Africae.[4] | |
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| Current black rhinoceros range native reintroduced introduced possibly extinct extinct | |
| Synonyms | |
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The ither African rhinoceros is the white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). The wird "white" in the name "white rhinoceros" is a misinterpretation o the Afrikaans wird wyd, itself derived frae the Dutch wird wijd for wide, referrin tae its square upper lip, as opponed tae the pyntit or huiked lip o the black rhinoceros. These species are nou whiles referred tae as the square-lipped (for white) or huik-lipped (for black) rhinoceros.[5]
The species oweraw is classifee'd as critically endangered, an ane subspecies, the wastren black rhinoceros, wis declared extinct bi the IUCN in 2011.[6][7]
References
eedit- ↑ Grubb, P. (2005). "Order Perissodactyla". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 635–636. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- ↑ Emslie, R. (2012). Diceros bicornis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T6557A16980917.en
- ↑ Hillman-Smith, A.K.K. & Groves, C.P. (1994). "Diceros bicornis" (PDF). Mammalian Species (455): 1–8. doi:10.2307/3504292. JSTOR 3504292. Cite uses deprecated parameter
|lastauthoramp=(help) - ↑ Rookmaaker, L.C. (2004). "Historical distribution of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) in West Africa" (PDF). African Zoology. 39 (1): 63–70. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 25 Mey 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ↑ White rhinoceros, Animal Corner
- ↑ Emslie, R. (2011). "Diceros bicornis ssp. longipes". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 24 September 2012. Cite has empty unkent parameter:
|last-author-amp=(help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) - ↑ Knight, Matthew (2011-11-10) Western black rhino declared extinct. Us.cnn.com.
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