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Diceros bicornis ssp. minor

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Taxonomy [top]

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

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Critically Endangered   A2abcd   ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2008
Assessor/s IUCN SSC African Rhino Specialist Group
Evaluator/s: Hoffmann, M. & Stuart, S.N. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Justification:
Listed as Critically Endangered as the subspecies is estimated to have undergone a decline exceeding 90% 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 1,094 by 2001. While some animals are poached annually, the rampant commercial poaching, that caused the major continental declines has ceased.
History:
2003 Critically Endangered (IUCN 2003)
2002 Critically Endangered
2000 Critically Endangered

Geographic Range [top]

Range Map:
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Population [top]

Population Trend: Increasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial
Citation: IUCN SSC African Rhino Specialist Group 2008. Diceros bicornis ssp. minor. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2009.
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