Diceros bicornis brucii Lesson, 1842
North-eastern black rhinoceros
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: atbarensis Zukowsky, 1965; palustris Benzon, 1947; porrhoceros (Brandt, 1878); somaliensis (Potocki, 1897)
Conservation Status
Extinct?
Last record: 1900's?
Distribution
Ethiopia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
MCZ 7079
Media
References
Hillman-Smith, A. K. K. and Groves, Colin P. (1994). Diceros bicornis. Mammalian Species (American Society of Mammalogists) 455: 1-8.
Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]