Eastern black rhinoceros
| Eastern black rhinoceros | |
|---|---|
| An eastern black rhinoceros in Sweetwater Game Reserve, Kenya | |
| Scientific 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.
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