Diceros bicornis

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q95036
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Summary

Diceros bicornis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.34% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,305 views/month, #654 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Critically Endangered[4]
  • Parent taxon: Diceros[5]
  • Taxon name: Diceros bicornis[6]
  • Commons category: Diceros bicornis[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Diceros bicornis[8]
  • Commons gallery: Diceros bicornis[9]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10]
  • Original combination: Rhinoceros bicornis[11]
  • Short name: D. bicornis[12]
  • Taxon common name: Black rhinoceros[13], Rinoceronte Negro[14], Rhinocéros noir[15], Hook-lipped Rhinoceros[16], Hooked-lipped Rhinoceros[17], Browse Rhinoceros[18], Spitzmaulnashorn[19], Spitzlippennashorn[20], Schwarzes Nashorn[21], rinoceronte prietu[22], črni nosorog[23], rinoceronte nero[24], rinoceronte-negro[25]
  • Mass: 36 kg[26]
  • Gestation period: 450 day[27]
  • Longest observed lifespan: 49 years[28]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[29]
  • Taxon author citation: (Linnaeus, 1758)[30]
  • Sequenced genome URL: https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Diceros_bicornis[31]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix I of CITES[32]
  • Litter size: 1[33]

Body

Identifiers

Diceros bicornis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43350[34]. Diceros bicornis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9805[35]. Diceros bicornis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 311501[36]. Diceros bicornis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5220111[37]. Diceros bicornis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 625003[38].

Why It Matters

Diceros bicornis has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . babel.hathitrust.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [35] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [38] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [36] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [37] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . Diceros bicornis. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  30. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . DNA Zoo. wikidata.org.
  35. [32] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.
  36. [33] ↑ . Diceros bicornis. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Longest observed lifespan → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+49'}
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Litter size → {'amount': '+1'}
    Taxon rank → species
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