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: |
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.
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| History: |
| 2003 |
– |
Critically Endangered
(IUCN 2003)
|
| 2002 |
– |
Critically Endangered
|
| 2000 |
– |
Critically Endangered
|
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Geographic Range
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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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