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title: "Rinoceronte-negro"
description: "Diceros bicornis — Mamíferos. The black rhinoceros, also called the black rhino or the hooked-lip rhinoceros, is a species of rhinoceros native to East and Southern Africa, including Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/black-rhinoceros
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rinoceronte-negro

> Diceros bicornis — Mamíferos. The black rhinoceros, also called the black rhino or the hooked-lip rhinoceros, is a species of rhinoceros native to East and Southern Africa, including Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

- Scientific name: *Diceros bicornis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 3292
- Wikidata: [Q95036](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95036)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43350](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43350)

## Names

- en: Black Rhinoceros
- de: Spitzmaulnashorn
- es: Rinoceronte negro
- fr: Rhinocéros noir
- it: Rinoceronte nero
- nl: Zwarte neushoorn
- pt: Rinoceronte-negro
- pl: Nosorożec czarny

## Countries with the most observations

NA (915), KE (662), TZ (593), ZA (359), ZW (65), MW (18), RW (12), SZ (5), BW (3)

## Summary

The black rhinoceros, also called the black rhino or the hooked-lip rhinoceros, is a species of rhinoceros native to East and Southern Africa, including Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Although the species is referred to as black, its colours vary from brown to grey. It is the only extant species of the genus Diceros.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_rhinoceros

## Photo

![Rinoceronte-negro](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-rhinoceros/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262291949

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-rhinoceros?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).