The black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) was extirpated decades ago. From Wordnik.com. [West Sudanian savanna] Reference
Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) has been extirpated from the ecoregion. From Wordnik.com. [Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands] Reference
The capture and translocation of the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis Linn. From Wordnik.com. [Angolan Mopane woodlands] Reference
The capture and translocation of the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis in South West Africa. From Wordnik.com. [Namibian savanna woodlands] Reference
Shibula, a black rhino cow of the subspecies Diceros bicornis bicornis, translocated from Portugal's Lisbon Zoo to Aughrabies. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
However, both the critically endangered black rhinos (Diceros bicornis) and white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum) are represented. From Wordnik.com. [Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets] Reference
The Itigi-Sumbu Thicket ecoregion was once an important stronghold of black rhino (Diceros bicornis), before their eradication by poaching. From Wordnik.com. [Itigi-Sumbu thicket] Reference
And obviously the tickbird is projecting her own feelings of inadequacy when she criticizes the rhino for being a typical Diceros bicornis. From Wordnik.com. [Humor: Rhino, Tickbird Stuck In Dead-End Symbiotic Relationship] Reference
Renosterveld means rhinoceros veld in Afrikaans, as a possible reference to the historic habitat of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis). From Wordnik.com. [Montane fynbos and renosterveld] Reference
Renosterveld is Afrikaans for rhinoceros veld, as a possible reference to the historic habitation by the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis). From Wordnik.com. [Lowland fynbos and renosterveld] Reference
Elephant (Loxidonta africana) and black rhino (Diceros bicornis), once prolific in the area, are extremely scarce and may be locally extinct. From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian coastal flooded savanna] Reference
Born in a private zoo at Port Lympne in the south of England, the rhino is of the subspecies Diceros bicornis michaeli, which originates in east Africa. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Linnaeus assumed that Jacobeus had been writing about the Black rhino Diceros bicornis, and as a result assumed ‘India’ as the type locality for this species. From Wordnik.com. [Are Sumatran rhinos really ‘living fossils’?] Reference
Once numerous in the central and southern portions of this ecoregion, the endangered black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) has been extirpated in much of East Africa. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets] Reference
Several threatened animals occur in this ecoregion, including the critically endangered black rhino (Diceros bicornis) and the endangered elephant (Loxodonta africana). From Wordnik.com. [Southern Miombo woodlands] Reference
In earlier times large mammals, including elephants (Loxodonta africana), black rhinoceroses (Diceros bicornis), and hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) occupied these habitats. From Wordnik.com. [Succulent Karoo] Reference
While faunal diversity is only moderate, white (Ceratotherium simum) and black rhinos (Diceros bicornis) are found here, along with several other globally threatened species. From Wordnik.com. [Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets] Reference
Poaching also threatens some of the large herbivores found here, particularly the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and, until recently, the African elephant (Loxodonta africana). From Wordnik.com. [Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets] Reference
Elephants (Loxodonta africana) utilize almost every part of the mopane tree, and the region supports other large herbivores, including the critically endangered black rhino (Diceros bicornis). From Wordnik.com. [Angolan Mopane woodlands] Reference
In the early 1900s, elephant (Loxodonta africana), black rhinocerus (Diceros bicornis), buffalo (Syncerus caffer), and oryx (Oryx gazella) were found in the Nechisar area but all have been eliminated. From Wordnik.com. [Ethiopian montane forests] Reference
Large browsers such as elephant (Loxodonta africana), rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis, Ceratotherium simum) and greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) have historically played a part in limiting its spread. From Wordnik.com. [Albany thickets] Reference
Miombo woodland mixes with mopane and smaller wetlands to provide habitat for a wide variety of animals, including endangered and charismatic mammals such as African elephants (Loxodonta africana) and black rhinos (Diceros bicornis). From Wordnik.com. [Southern Miombo woodlands] Reference
The area supports a rich and diverse fauna, including a variety of ungulates and a number of threatened large animals such as white and black rhinoceroses (Diceros bicornis), wild dogs (Lycaon pictus), and elephants (Loxodonta africana). From Wordnik.com. [Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands] Reference
Of these, Renosterveld (Afrikaans for “rhinoceros veld,” referring to the presence of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), that used to browse there but is now extinct in this region) is the most extensive, covering some 20 000 km2. From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in the Cape Floristic Region] Reference
The black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and the white rhinoceros. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
(07 / 17 / 2006) Recent surveys conducted by IUCN in northern Cameroon found no evidence of the West African black rhino (Diceros bicornis longipes). From Wordnik.com. [Mongabay.com News] Reference
④Diceros bicornis: Or the Black Rhinoceros also colloquially Black Rhino, is a species of rhinoceros, native to the eastern and central areas of Africa. From Wordnik.com. [New Products from Geek Stuff 4 U .com] Reference
Hluhluwe-Umfolozi is now home to approximately 18 percent of Africa's white rhinos and 17 percent of Africa’s black rhinos (Diceros bicornis). From Wordnik.com. [Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests] Reference
Deliberations by Diceros. From Wordnik.com. [Doug Dawson Was A Man] Reference
Diceros bicornis (Rookmaaker 1998, 2003). From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
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