Diceros bicornis ssp. minor
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
MAMMALIA |
PERISSODACTYLA |
RHINOCEROTIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Diceros bicornis ssp. minor |
| Infra-specific Authority: |
(Drummond, 1876) |
Common Name/s:
| English |
– |
Southern-central Black Rhino, South-central Black Rhinoceros |
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Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Critically Endangered
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| Year Assessed: |
2011 |
| Assessor/s: |
Emslie, R. |
| Reviewer/s: |
Knight, M.H. & Adcock , K. |
Justification:
Listed as Critically Endangered as the subspecies is estimated to have undergone a decline exceeding 80% over the past three generations. However, in the current major range state, South Africa, numbers of D. b. minor have increased from only 110 in 1930 to 1,684 by the end of 2010. Due to increased poaching, numbers have however declined to 431 in the next biggest range state, Zimbabwe. Commercial poaching by criminal syndicates has increased in recent years and if poaching continues to escalate this could threaten progress achieved over the last decade. Smaller numbers are also conserved in Tanzania (native), Botswana (reintroduced), Swaziland (reintroduced), Malawi (reintroduced), and Zambia (reintroduced). A single animal has also been seen in Mozambique since the 2008 IUCN SSC African Rhino Specialist Group meeting.
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| History: |
| 2003 |
– |
Critically Endangered
(IUCN 2003)
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| 2002 |
– |
Critically Endangered
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| 2000 |
– |
Critically Endangered
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
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| Range Map: |
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Population
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| Population Trend: |
Increasing
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Habitat and Ecology
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