#Diceros bicornis

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Black Rhino by Coyoty Via Flickr: Diceros bicornis. At the Pittsburgh Zoo in Pittsburgh, PA.

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2050’ye Kadar Bir Çok Tür Yok Olacak

2050’ye Kadar Bir Çok Tür Yok Olacak

2050’ye Kadar Bir Çok Tür Yok Olacak Dünya tarihinde 5 kitlesel yok oluş meydana geldi. Bilim insanlarına göre 6. kitlesel yok oluş çoktan başladı. Araştırmalar, şu anda yaşayan türlerin %40’ının 2050 yılına kadar yok olabileceğini ön görüyor. 27 yaşındaki orangutan anne, yeni doğan bebeğini tutuyor. 6 Ekim’de dünyaya gelen kız bebek, bu yıl Kuzey Amerika hayvanat bahçelerinde beklenen iki…

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Eastern black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis michaeli

Observed by ashwinv, CC BY

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A very big baby! (Black Rhino - Diceros bicornis)

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Animal of the Day!

Western Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis longipes)

(Photo from Save the Rhino International)

Extinction Date- 2011

Habitat- Western and central Africa

Size (Weight/Length)- 1,400 kg; 3.75 m

Diet- Leaves; Branches; Shrubs; Grasses

Cool Facts- The western black rhinoceros was specially adapted to the dry shrubland of western Africa. Their upper lip was prehensile and allowed for careful manipulation of thorny bushes to eat the leaves. Their dark skin was highly susceptible for sunburn, often resulting in mud stained rhinos. Protection was originally strong for the western black rhinoceros, leading to an increased population in the 1930s. As these protections loosened, poachers killed the rhinos in their thousands for their horns that were, and still are, falsely believed to have medicinal purposes. By 2000, only 10 rhinos survived and the last one was spotted in 2006. Today, African rhinos are the second most poached animal in the world. National parks with armed guards are working to protect the remaining black and white rhinoceros that still roam savannahs today.

Rating- 13/10 (Their horns could measure 1.5 meters long.)

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Diceros bicornis. Struik Pocket Guides for South Africa: Mammals. Written by John Skinner. Illustrated by Penny Meakin. 1988.

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"Nature's Spear"

2024

Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

In the mood to draw rhinos. It's curious how in the two African species the horns sometimes grow ridiculously long.

The pose and perspective made this fellow challenging to draw and to shade, but it came out quite alright.

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A cursorial rhinoceros stops grazing to briefly look out over the Thaumasia Steppe. What could it have heard to disturb its meal? Any number of dangers lurk in the grass.

Like all extant Martian Rhinocerotidae, the Scrapebuck (controversial official Anglic name) is covered in a fur coat capable of insulating from harsh chilling winds. Despite its far slimmer build and elongated neck, this animal is actually slightly taller than the extinct black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) of Earth. However, the keen and nearly blind observer alike will note that is where the comparisons cease- aside from an almost equine build convergently evolved for its ecological niche, the scrapebuck uses its horns far more for uprooting tubers and roots than charging- ill advised for such a lightweight animal. Herds of up to fifty animals are a not uncommon site , and in winter will converge into megaherds for migration across the rust-colored landscape

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South-Central Black Rhinoceros(Diceros bicornis minor)

Also called south-central hook-lipped rhinoceros. The most common subspecies Black Rhinoceros. However, it is also critically endangered.

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The Western Black Rhinoceros

Date of Extinction: 2011

Scientific Name: Diceros bicornis longipes

Where found: South Africa & Zimbabwe

Reason for Extinction: Illegal Wildlife Trade

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A young chimpanzee peeks through the leaves in Taï National Park, in Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮. Photograph By Michael Nichols

An aerial view of plains zebras (Equus quagga) walking in a flood plain in Okavango Delta, Botswana 🇧🇼. Photograph By Sergio Pitamitz

A Nile Hippopotamus surfaces at the edge of a reed bed, in Chobe National Park, Botswana 🇧🇼. Photograph By Jason Edwards

A great white shark swims in waters off the Neptune Islands, New York, United States 🇺🇸. Photograph By Brian J. Skerry

A submerged American crocodile (Crocodiles acutus) lives in the dense mangroves within Cuba's Gardens of the Queen National Marine Park, Cuba 🇨🇺. Photograph By Jennifer Hayes

Atlantic spotted dolphins swim in the waters off Bimini in the Bahamas 🇧🇸. Photograph By Brian J. Skerry

White rhinoceroses (Diceros bicornis) in Kenya's Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya 🇰🇪. Photograph By Frans Lanting

A grizzly bear fishes for salmon in the Fishing Branch River in Yukon Territory, Canada 🇨🇦. Photograph By Paul Nicklen

Portrait of a Victorian koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in Australia 🇦🇺. Photograph By Doug Gimesy

An endangered blue whale with unique color patterns and markings, off Costa Rica 🇨🇷. Photograph By Flip Nicklin

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Historic sampling of a vanishing beast: population structure and diversity in the black rhinoceros 

Published 10th August 2023

Results of generated and analysed whole-genomes from 63 black rhinoceros museum specimens collected between 1775 and 1981.

Range-wide population genomic structure of black rhinoceros historic and modern sample

Effective migration across the historic range of the black rhinoceros and summary of the inferred historic population structure in the black rhinoceros

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Southern black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis bicornis

Observed by max_baumgarten, CC BY-NC

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Natural dispersal is better than translocation for reducing risks of inbreeding depression in eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli)

http://dlvr.it/SrRtNZ

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Animal of the Day!

Eastern Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

(Photo from WWF)

Conservation Status- Critically Endangered

Habitat- Kenya; Rwana; Northern Tanzania

Size (Weight/Length)- 1406 kg; 3.6 m

Diet- Leaves; Fruit; Woody plants

Cool Facts- Eastern black rhinoceros have one of the longest horns of any rhino species. Having no natural predators when fully grown, these rhinos often graze in the open and ignore predators such as lions and leopards. Capable of running 55 kilometers per hour, their combined size makes them a literal battering ram. Sadly, the population of eastern black rhinos has dropped 90% in less than 100 years with a little over 6,000 individuals due to poaching for their horns. Luckily, due to several national parks, increased conservation awareness, and armed guards protecting their home, eastern black rhinos are slowly increasing in numbers.

Rating- 13/10 (Education saves lives.)

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Steppenzebras & Spitzmaulnashorn | Plains zebras & black rhinoceros

Equus quagga & Diceros bicornis

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