🦏Black rhinoceros
The black rhinoceros, also called the black rhino or the hooked-lip rhinoceros, is a species of rhinoceros native to East and Southern Africa, including Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Although the species is referred to as black, its colours vary from brown to grey. It is the only extant species of the genus Diceros.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 996 kg
- Body length
- 3.3 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 49 years
Everything we know about the Black rhinoceros
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass996 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1,100 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length3.3 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass791 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan49 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 57 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length17 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity6.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation1.3 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.3 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range11 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.14 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l996 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Black rhinoceros yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPerissodactyla
- ›familyRhinocerotidae
- ›genusDiceros
- ›speciesDiceros bicornis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderOdd-toed hoofed animals · Perissodactyla
- familyRhinocerotidae
- genusDiceros
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderOdd-toed hoofed animals · Perissodactyla
- familyRhinocerotidae
- genusDiceros
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