Eastern Black Rhinoceros
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| Eastern Black Rhinoceros | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | Diceros |
| Species: | D. bicornis |
| Subspecies: | D. b. michaeli |
| Trinomial name | |
| Diceros bicornis michaeli Zukowsky, 1965 |
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The Eastern Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) also known as the East African Black Rhinoceros. It is a critically endangered subspecies of black rhino that inhabits a woodland and scrubland biome. It can be found It can be found in African countries like Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. Black rhinos typically weigh up to 2,090 to 2,870 lbs and get up to 4.7 to 5.2 ft tall and live up to 40 years.
References [change]
- ↑ Emslie, R. (2011) Diceros bicornis ssp. michaeli. id: 39230
