Species/Black rhinoceros
Black rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis
CRCritically Endangered
- Range
- Scattered parks in eastern and southern Africa
- Population
- About 6,000, up from a 1990s low near 2,400
- Trend
- increasing
- Last assessed
- 2020
Still critically endangered, and also one of conservation’s real comebacks. Intense anti-poaching and translocations pulled it off the floor.
CR is not a synonym for hopeless. It is a synonym for ‘do not look away yet’.
Threats
- Poaching for horn
- Habitat isolation
What you can do
- Reject rhino horn, including ‘medicinal’ claims
The market is the poaching.