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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

Rhino population figures

 

 

African rhinos (as at 31 December 2007):

 

Country

White rhinos

 

 

Northern

Southern

Total

Trend

 

Ceratotherium simum cottoni

Ceratotherium simum simum

 

 

Botswana

 

106

106

Up

DRC

4?

 

4

Stable?

Kenya

 

303

303

Up

Mozambique

 

9

9

?

Namibia

 

370

370

Up

S Africa

 

16,273

16,273

Up

Swaziland

 

89

89

Up

Zambia

 

1

1

Down

Zimbabwe

 

341

341

Up

Uganda

 

6

6

Stable+Intro

Total

4?

17,500

17,500

Up

 

 

Country

Black rhinos

 

 

SouthWest

Western

Eastern

SouthCentral

Total

Trend

 

Diceros bicornis bicornis

Diceros bicornis longipes

Diceros bicornis michaeli

Diceros bicornis minor

Diceros bicornis bruceii?

 

 

Botswana

 

 

 

7

 

7

Stable

Cameroon

 

?

 

 

 

0?

Extinct?

Ethiopia

 

 

 

 

 

0?

Extinct?

Kenya

 

 

577

 

 

577

Up

Malawi

 

 

 

16

 

16

Up

Namibia

1,435

 

 

 

 

1,435

Up

Rwanda

 

 

1

 

 

1

?

S Africa

113

 

54

1,321

 

1,488

Up

Swaziland

 

 

 

18

 

18

Up

Tanzania

 

 

67

56

 

123

Up

Zambia

 

 

 

16

 

16

Stable+Intro

Zimbabwe

 

 

 

558

 

558

Up

Total

1,550

0

700

1,995

0

4,240

Up

 

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

 

Country

Indian rhinos

Sumatran rhinos

Javan rhinos

 

Greater one-horned

Trend

 

Trend

Lesser one-horned

Trend

 

Rhinoceros unicornis

Dicerorhinus sumatrensis

Rhinoceros sondaicus

India

2,180

Up?

 

 

 

 

Java

 

 

 

 

50

?

Nepal

435

?

 

 

 

 

Peninsular Malaysia

 

 

?

Down?

 

 

Sabah

 

 

25

Down?

 

 

Sumatra

 

 

175

Down?

 

 

Vietnam

 

 

 

 

2-7

?

Total

2,620

 

200

 

50

 

 

NB:
Totals have been rounded to the nearest 10
Sumatran 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