Wastren black rhinoceros
| Wastren black rhinoceros | |
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| Holotype specimen, a female shot in 1911 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Faimily: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | Diceros |
| Species: | D. bicornis |
| Subspecies: | † D. b. longipes |
| Trinomial name | |
| Diceros bicornis longipes Zukowsky, 1949
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The wastren black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis longipes) or Wast African black rhinoceros is a subspecies o the black rhinoceros, declared extinct bi the IUCN in 2011.[1][2] The wastren black rhinoceros wis believit tae hae been genetically different frae ither rhino subspecies.[3] It wis ance widespread in the savanna o sub-Saharan Africae, but its nummers declined due tae poachin. The wastren black rhinoceros residit primarily in Cameroon, but surveys syne 2006 hae failed tae locate ony indwallers.
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- ↑ a b "Diceros bicornis ssp. longipes". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. 2016. Retrieved 10 Januar 2016. Cite has empty unkent parameter:
|last-author-amp=(help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) - ↑ Boettcher, Daniel (8 November 2013). "Western black rhino declared extinct". BBC. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ↑ "Western Black Rhino Poached Out of Existence; Declared Extinct, Slack Anti-Poaching Efforts Responsible". International Business Times, 2011-11-14. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
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