#0389 · 🦊 mammals
Black Rhinoceros
🇳🇱 Puntlipneushoorn ·Diceros bicornis
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Chris Fisher · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Thomas Fuhrmann · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © John Gale · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Bob McDougall · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Athuman Komora Garisse · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0
- 7. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Bill Crins · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © PaDi · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
The black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros ( Diceros bicornis ) is a species of rhinoceros, native to eastern and southern Africa including Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Although the rhinoceros is referred to as black , its colors vary from brown to grey.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 3,365 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs up to about 36 kg.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
- Listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Black Rhinoceros
- Nederlands
- Puntlipneushoorn
- scientific name
- Diceros bicornis
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Perissodactyla
- family
- Rhinocerotidae
- IUCN Red List
- CR · critically endangered
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 3,365
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- 36 kg
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: ernstig bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Rhinocerotidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 43350, Wikidata Q95036, GBIF 5220111, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.