Eastern black rhinoceros

Eastern black rhinoceros
An eastern black rhinoceros in Sweetwater Game Reserve, Kenya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Diceros
Species:
Subspecies:
D. b. michaeli
Trinomial name
Diceros bicornis michaeli
Zukowsky, 1965

The eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli), also known as the East African black rhinoceros, is a subspecies of the black rhinoceros. Its numbers are very low due to poaching for its horn, and it is listed as critically endangered.

  1. ^ Emslie, R. (2011). "Diceros bicornis ssp. michaeli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T39320A10198874. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T39320A10198874.en. Retrieved 16 January 2020.