North-eastern black rhinoceros

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]

North-eastern black rhinoceros
A north-eastern black rhinoceros (D. b. brucii) shot in Somalia, 1894
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Diceros
Species:
D. bicornis
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

References
  1. "Black Rhinoceros". bisbeesconservationfund.org. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  2. "Diceros bicornis brucii (North-eastern black rhinoceros) – The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database". recentlyextinctspecies.com. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
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