Critically Endangered
Black Rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis
About Black Rhinoceros
Black rhinos are smaller than white rhinos but far more aggressive. They'll charge anything that surprises them. They're browsers, not grazers, using their prehensile lip to strip leaves from bushes. In the 1960s there were an estimated 70,000 black rhinos in Africa; today fewer than 6,500 survive. Kenya's Laikipia conservancies and Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater are two of the best places to see them. Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya is home to the last two northern white rhinos on Earth.
Did you know?
A group of rhinos is called a 'crash', for good reason.
Where to see them
Ngorongoro
Laikipia
Ol Pejeta
Tsavo