Black rhinoceros

{{Taxobox Diceros bicornis bicornis † Diceros bicornis brucii † Diceros bicornis chobiensis Diceros bicornis ladoensis Diceros bicornis longipes † Diceros bicornis michaeli Diceros bicornis minor Diceros bicornis occidentalis }} The black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), also known as the hook-lipped rhinoceros is one of the five living species of rhinoceros native to eastern and southern Africa. Even though the black rhino is referred as black it is actually gray or brown. The species is overall classified as critically endangered mainly due to poaching for their ivory.
 * name = Black rhinoceros
 * status = CR
 * status_system = IUCN3.1
 * status_ref =
 * fossil_range = {{fossil range|Pliocene|Present}}
 * image = Diceros bicornis - profile - Etosha 2014.jpg
 * image_caption = Male (bull) south-western black rhinoceros (D. b. occidentalis) in Etosha National Park, Namibia
 * image2 = 3.Nane und Nabila by V.Gorissen.jpg
 * image2_caption = Female (cow) at Krefeld Zoo, Germany
 * regnum = Animalia
 * phylum = Chordata
 * classis = Mammalia
 * ordo = Perissodactyla
 * familia = Rhinocerotidae
 * genus = Diceros
 * parent_authority = Gray, 1821
 * species = D. bicornis
 * authority = {Linnaeus, 1758)
 * subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
 * subdivision =
 * range_map = Historical range (c. 1700 A.D.) of Diceros bicornis..svg
 * range_map_caption = Historical black rhinoceros range (ca. 1700 A.D.).
 * range_map2 = DicerosBicornisIUCN2020-1.png
 * range_map2_caption = Current black rhinoceros range {{leftlegend|#008000|Extant, resident|outline=gray}} {{leftlegend|#FF0000|Extinct|outline=gray}} {{leftlegend|#FFFF00|Extant & Reintroduced (resident)|outline=gray}} {{leftlegend|#a76f3b|Extant & Assisted Colonisation (resident) |outline=gray}}
 * synonyms = *Rhinoceros bicornis {{small|Linnaeus, 1758}}