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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]

 

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