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Uganda black rhinoceros
Conservation status

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Diceros
Species: D. bicornis
Subspecies: D. b. ladoensis
Trinomial name
Diceros bicornis ladoensis
Groves, 1967

The Uganda black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis ladoensis) is a subspecies of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) that was native to parts of South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and Ethiopia, but is currently limited to a select few Kenyan nature reserves. It is unknown if the subspecies is extinct or not.

References

  1. "Black Rhinoceros". bisbeesconservationfund.org. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  2. Holmes, Branden. "Diceros bicornis ladoensis - The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database". recentlyextinctspecies.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  3. "Diceros bicornis ladoensis Groves, 1967". ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Diceros bicornis ladoensis
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