Black rhinoceros

Diceros bicornis · Rhinocerotidae

The black rhinoceros, also called the black rhino or the hooked-lip rhinoceros, is a species of rhinoceros native to East and Southern Africa, including Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Although the species is referred to as black, its colours vary from brown to grey. It is the only extant species of the genus Diceros.

Where the Black rhinoceros lives

Recorded in Namibia, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and Zimbabwe (Africa).

Most records fall in Oshikoto, Arusha, Rift Valley, Oshana, Eastern and KwaZulu-Natal.

See the Black rhinoceros’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Critically endangered (CR). In very great danger of dying out in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 2,435 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.