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    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Chris Fisher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Thomas Fuhrmann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) John Gale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Bob McDougall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Athuman Komora Garisse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Black Rhinoceros

Diceros bicornis

IUCN Red List status: Critically endangered

IUCN Red List status

Worldwide
3,388 observations
Group
Mammals

iNaturalist hides the exact location of threatened species, so a sighting can sit several kilometres from the point shown on its record.

iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

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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