Black Rhinoceros Male Skull

$1,013.00

The Black Rhinoceros, Black Rhino or Hook-lipped Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) is a species of Rhinoceros, native to eastern and southern Africa. It’s colors vary from brown to grey. It is the only extant species of the genus Diceros.

Description

Black Rhinoceros Male Skull Replica measures 23.0 in. Black Rhinoceros Male Skull is museum quality polyurethane cast. Made in USA. 2-part skull (separate cranium and jaw). Cast of an original California Academy of Sciences specimen. Our precise skull can be used as a teaching tool, museum skull exhibit, home décor skull, or office décor skull.

The Black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis or, Hook-lipped Rhinoceros is a species of rhinoceros, native to eastern and southern Africa including Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Although the rhinoceros is referred to as black, its colors vary from brown to grey.

The Black Rhinoceros or Diceros bicornis can also be distinguished from the white rhinoceros by its size, smaller skull, and ears; and by the position of the head, which is held higher than the white rhinoceros, since the black rhinoceros or Diceros bicornis is a browser and not a grazer.

This key differentiation is further illustrated by the shape of the two species mouths (lips): the “square” lip of the white rhinoceros is an adaptation for grazing, and the “hooked” lip of the black rhinoceros is an adaptation to help browsing.

The Black Rhinoceros or Diceros bicornisor species overall is classified as critically endangered (even though the south-western black rhinoceros is classified as near threatened).

Three subspecies have been declared extinct, including the western black rhinoceros, which was declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2011.

The Black Rhinoceros or Diceros bicornisor species was first named Rhinoceros bicornis by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema naturae in 1758. The name means “double-horned rhinoceros”.

There is some confusion about what exactly Linnaeus conceived under this name as this species was probably based upon the skull of a single-horned Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), with a second horn artificially added by the collector. Such a skull is known to have existed and Linnaeus even mentioned India as origin of this species.

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Additional information

Weight 35 lbs
Dimensions 23 in
Black Rhinoceros Facts

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Diceros
Species: D. bicornis
Binomial name: Diceros bicornis
Conservation status: Critically Endangered