Genus
Diceros
6 species
The list of species of Diceros genus
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The list of species of Diceros genus
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Rhinos are very ancient animals. In fact, these mammals do resemble some prehistoric species. They appeared millions of years ago, during the Miocene era. One of the most conspicuous characteristics of these animals is the two horns of their head....
The western black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis longipes ) or West African black rhinoceros is an extinct subspecies of the black rhinoceros. It was declared extinct by the IUCN in 2011. The western black rhinoceros was believed to have been...
The eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli ) is also known as the East African black rhinoceros or eastern hook-lipped rhinoceros. It is a subspecies of the black rhinoceros. Its numbers are very low due to poaching for its horn and it...
The South-central black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis minor) is a subspecies of the Black rhinoceros. Although it is the most numerous of the Black rhino subspecies, it is nevertheless designated as critically endangered on the IUCN’s red list.
The South-western black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis occidentalis) is a subspecies of the Black rhinoceros. This subspecies is often mistaken for either the extinct Southern black rhinoceros (D. b. bicornis) or the southeastern subspecies (D. b....
The southern black rhinoceros or Cape rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis bicornis ) is an extinct subspecies of the black rhinoceros that was once abundant in South Africa from the Cape Province to Transvaal, southern Namibia, and possibly also Lesotho...