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Black Rhino |
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Reason to use Rhinoceros not Diceros. Rhinos have been given a series of genus names in the course of time, of which Rhinoceros for the Asian forms and Diceros & Ceratotherium have established themsleves. We however keep to Rhinoceros for all forms, because the genus name (Namenkreis) doesn't say anything about the larger or smaller systematic relationship, but only helps in orientation. That is surely easier with Rhinoceros than with names which confuse laymen, like Ceratotherium which looks like a name for a fossil species.
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Wild und Wildschutzgebiete in Westafrika
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