Eastern black rhinoceros
Critically endangered rhinoceros subspecies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli), also known as the East African black rhinoceros, is a subspecies of the black rhinoceros. Its numbers are very low due to poaching for its horn, and it is listed as critically endangered.
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Eastern black rhinoceros | |
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An eastern black rhinoceros in Sweetwater Game Reserve, Kenya | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
Genus: | Diceros |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | D. b. michaeli |
Trinomial name | |
Diceros bicornis michaeli Zukowsky, 1965 |
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