Uganda black rhinoceros | |
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Conservation status | |
Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific 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
- "Black Rhinoceros". bisbeesconservationfund.org. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- Holmes, Branden. "Diceros bicornis ladoensis - The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database". recentlyextinctspecies.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- "Diceros bicornis ladoensis Groves, 1967". ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Diceros bicornis ladoensis |