To find out more about the five different species of rhino follow the links below:
White rhino
Black rhino
Greater One-horned (Indian) rhino
Sumatran rhino
Javan rhino
African rhinos (as at 31 December 2007):
Country
White rhinos
Northern
Southern
Total
Trend
Ceratotherium simum cottoni
Ceratotherium simum simum
Botswana
106
Up
DRC
4?
4
Stable?
Kenya
303
Mozambique
9
?
Namibia
370
S Africa
16,273
Swaziland
89
Zambia
1
Down
Zimbabwe
341
Uganda
6
Stable+Intro
17,500
Black rhinos
SouthWest
Western
Eastern
SouthCentral
Diceros bicornis bicornis
Diceros bicornis longipes
Diceros bicornis michaeli
Diceros bicornis minor
Diceros bicornis bruceii?
7
Stable
Cameroon
0?
Extinct?
Ethiopia
577
Malawi
16
1,435
Rwanda
113
54
1,321
1,488
18
Tanzania
67
56
123
558
1,550
0
700
1,995
4,240
NB:
Table excludes speculative guesstimates
Numbers primarily compiled at the USFWS Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund- and WWF African Rhino Programme-sponsored 2008 IUCN SSC AfRSG Meeting in Tanzania. Species and Subspecies totals>500 have been rounded to nearest five rhino. Trends are as compared to the 31 Dec 2005 figures.
Asian rhinos
Indian rhinos
Sumatran rhinos
Javan rhinos
Greater one-horned
Lesser one-horned
Rhinoceros unicornis
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
Rhinoceros sondaicus
India
2,180
Up?
Java
50
Nepal
435
Peninsular Malaysia
Down?
Sabah
25
Sumatra
175
Vietnam
2-7
2,620
200
NB:Totals have been rounded to the nearest 10Sumatran rhinos have two different subspecies, one in Sumatra and Peninsula Malaysia and one in Sabah; however these have not been distinguished in the above table