Eastern Black Rhinoceros
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The Eastern Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) also known as the East African Black Rhinoceros is a subspecies of the Black Rhino. It's numbers are very low due to poaching for its horn and they are listed as critically endangered.
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[edit] Description
The Eastern Black Rhino is distinguishable from the southern subspecies as it has a longer, leaner, and curved horn. Its skin is also very grooved. Diceros bicornis michaeli is reportedly more aggressive than the other three subspecies of Black Rhino. Browsers and are usually found in highland forest and savanna habitat.
[edit] Population and Threats
Once was located in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. Now they can only be found in Kenya (86.3 % of the remaining population survives here) and in northern Tanzania. Sadly they have declined 90% in the last three generations and their population is stable in Kenya. In 2001 there numbers were estimated at 498 rhinos in the wild. They are threatened mainly from illegal poaching for their horns.
[edit] Resources
http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/39320/summ
http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/39320/doc
http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/39320/dist
http://www.rhinos-irf.org/rhinoinformation/blackrhino/subspecies/eastern.htm
[edit] External links
http://www.rhinos-irf.org/ (International Rhino Fund dedicated to the conservation of rhinos)
