Uganda black rhinoceros

Uganda black rhinoceros
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Rhinocerotidae
Genus:	Diceros
Species:	D. bicornis
Subspecies:	D. b. ladoensis
Trinomial name
Diceros bicornis ladoensis Groves, 1967

The Uganda black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis ladoensis) is a subspecies of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) that was native to parts of South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and Ethiopia, but is currently limited to a select few Kenyan nature reserves. It is unknown if the subspecies is extinct or not. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

1. "Black Rhinoceros". bisbeesconservationfund.org. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
2. Holmes, Branden. "Diceros bicornis ladoensis - The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database". recentlyextinctspecies.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
3. "Diceros bicornis ladoensis Groves, 1967". ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 12, 2023.