Taxonomy Profile: Diceros bicornis (Linnaeus 1758)

Diceros bicornis: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Black Rhinoceros []
African black rhinoceros []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Diceros bicornis: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Perissodactyla
antas |
Odd-toed Ungulates |
Family : Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceroses |
rhinos |
Genus : Diceros
Species : Diceros bicornis
Black Rhinoceros |
African black rhinoceros |
Diceros bicornis Direct Children(s):
Diceros bicornis bicornis
(Linnaeus 1758)
Diceros bicornis longipes
(Zukowsky 1949)
Diceros bicornis michaeli
(Zukowsky 1965)
Diceros bicornis minor
(Drummond 1876)
Diceros bicornis: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Peter Grubb
Notes:
35 Downhills Park Road, London N17 6PE, England
Reference for:
Diceros bicornis
Source(s):
Source:
Checklist of CITES Species Part 1 CITES species index
Acquired:
2011-11-22
Notes:
UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2011. Checklist of CITES species (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 2-88323-030-7. Available online at http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/pub/checklist11/index.html or from CITES Secretariat, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland
Reference for:
Diceros bicornis
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Diceros bicornis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Diceros bicornis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2000
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Diceros bicornis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Hillman-Smith, A. K. Kes, and Colin P. Groves
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1994-06-02 / 1994-06-02
Article/Chapter Title:
Diceros bicornis
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammalian Species, no. 455
Page(s):
1-8
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1545-1410
Notes:
Available online at http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/default.html
Reference for:
Diceros bicornis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1980-07-14 / 1980-07-14
Article/Chapter Title:
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status for the Black Rhinoceros
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Federal Register, vol. 45, no. 136
Page(s):
47352-47355
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Diceros bicornis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Groves, Colin, and Peter Grubb
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2011-01-01 / 2011-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Ungulate Taxonomy
Page(s):
ix + 317
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-4214-0093-6/
Notes:
Reference for:
Diceros bicornis
Diceros bicornis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Diceros bicornis: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Revised by Groves (1967b) and Prins (1990). Zukowsky's names are dated 1965 not 1964 (Rookmaaker, 1983). Reviewed by Hillman-Smith and Groves (1994, Mammalian Species, 455). Rhinoceros kulumane Player, 1972 is referable to Ceratotherium, not Diceros (Ansell, 1989). The type of Rhinoceros cucullatus Wagner, 1835 has been referred to this species but was regarded as an artefact by Zukowsky (1965)
Comment:
US ESA: Listed Endangered, as published in Federal Register Volume 45, Number 136, Pages 47352 - 47355, July 14, 1980
Comment:
CITES: Appendix I under Rhinocerotidae, per 2011 Checklist of CITES Species Part 1 CITES species index published with amendments to the Appendices and changes in standard scientific nomenclature following the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Doha, 2010). For current status see CITES.org