Biology:North-eastern black rhinoceros

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Short description: Extinct subspecies of mammal

North-eastern black rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis brucii 1894.jpg
A north-eastern black rhinoceros (D. b. brucii) shot in Somalia, 1894
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Diceros
Species:
Subspecies:
D. b. brucii
Trinomial name
Diceros bicornis brucii
Lesson, 1842
Synonyms
  • Diceros bicornis atbarensis Zukowsky
  • Diceros bicornis palustris Benzon
  • Diceros bicornis porrhoceros Brandt
  • Diceros bicornis somaliensis Potocki

The north-eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis brucii) is an extinct subspecies of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) that was native to central Sudan, parts of Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Somalia. Its Somalian range was the last to be eradicated, officially wiping out the doomed rhinoceros subspecies sometime in the 20th century.[1][2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q20908073 entry