| Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Perissodactyla
- ---- family: Rhinocerotidae
- ----- species: Diceros bicornis
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| Characteristics: | herbivore; height: 130-180cm; the the body is barrel shaped with the head held higher than the white Rhinoceros does; the ears are rounded; two horns grow on the snout, the front one is usually larger; the upper lip is pointed; |
| Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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| Ecoregions: | - AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT1309
- Kalahari xeric savanna
- AT1316
- Namibian savanna woodlands
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| References: | Cillié 1997: 104 |
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