CR — Critically Endangered

Diceros bicornis

Conservation status data sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

↑Increasing

Population trend

Countries

01 — Classification

Taxonomy & Classification

Kingdom

ANIMALIA

Phylum

CHORDATA

Class

MAMMALIA

Order

PERISSODACTYLA

Family

RHINOCEROTIDAE

Genus

Diceros

Diceros bicornis belongs to the family RHINOCEROTIDAE, order PERISSODACTYLA, within the MAMMALIA class.

03 — Habitat

Habitat & Distribution

DesertMajor

04 — Threats

Threats

IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered

Assessed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals

Ongoing

Intentional use: hunting/trapping

Ongoing

05 — Conservation

Conservation Actions

Species management

Species recovery

Legislation

Compliance and enforcement

06 — Range

Found in 19 Countries

Angola Botswana Cameroon Congo - Brazzaville Congo - Kinshasa Eswatini Ethiopia Kenya Malawi Mozambique Namibia Rwanda Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe

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07 — Sources

Sources & Attribution

How to Cite

IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS

GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org

This page: SpeciesRadar (2025). Diceros bicornis (Diceros bicornis). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/hook-lipped-rhinoceros

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