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The western black rhino emerged about seven to eight million years ago. It was a sub-species of the black rhino. For much of the 20th century, its population was the highest out of all of the rhino species, at almost 850,000 individuals. There was a 96% population decline in black rhinos, including the western black rhino, between 1970 and 1992.
In 2011 the IUCN declared the western black rhino extinct. [67] There was a conservation effort in which black rhinos were translocated, but their population did not improve, as they did not like to be in an unfamiliar habitat. Under CITES Appendix I all international commercial trade of the black rhino horn is prohibited since 1977. [40]
Genus Rhinoceros – Linnaeus, 1758 – two species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Indian rhinoceros. R. unicornis Linnaeus, 1758: Scattered northern Indian subcontinent: Size: 330–350 cm (130–138 in) long, plus 66 cm (26 in) tail [7]
Kenya has embarked on its biggest rhino relocation project and began the difficult work Tuesday of tracking, darting and moving 21 of the critically endangered beasts, which can each weigh over a ...
South Africa is home to nearly half of the critically-endangered black rhino population on the African continent and to world's largest population of near-threatened white rhinos.
The south-western black rhino, like all black rhino subspecies, has a distinct prehensile lip and is a browser. ... Its total population is increasing and numbered to ...
4. Western Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis longipes) Declared extinct in 2011, the Western Black Rhino was a victim of rampant poaching and habitat loss. Its horns, which were highly valued in ...
Due to the efforts of conservation groups like the International Black Rhino Foundation, the population has stabilized, illegal poaching has been reduced, and the population has even been growing. The population of South-central Black Rhinoceros was around 1,650 in 2001. Nine years later, there are about 4,000 black rhinos in the wild.