Black rhinoceros  (Diceros bicornis)

Species information

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Authentication

Authenticated (27/8/02) by Martin Brooks. Chair, African Rhino Specialist Group.
http://www.rhinos-irf.org/technicalprograms/afrsg/index.htm

Glossary

  • Prehensile: capable of grasping.
  • Subspecies: a different race of a species, which is geographically separated from other populations of that species.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (March, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Animal Diversity Web (July, 2002)
    http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/diceros/d._bicornis$narrative.html
  3. CITES (August, 2002)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Brooks, M. (2002) Pers. comm.
  5. Macdonald, D. (2001) The New Encyclopedia of Mammals.Oxford University Press, UK.
  6. Animal Info (July, 2002)
    http://www.animalinfo.org/species/artiperi/dicebico.htm
  7. WWF Threatened Species Account (July, 2002)
    http://www.panda.org/downloads/ecop13blackrhinofactsheet.pdf
  8. International Rhinoceros Foundation (July, 2002)
    http://www.rhinos-irf.org/rhinoinformation/blackrhino/index.htm
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