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White rhino

Black rhino

Greater One-horned (Indian) rhino

Sumatran rhino

Javan rhino

Rhino population figures

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African rhinos (as at 31 December 2010):

 

   White rhino   Black rhinos   
   Ceratotherium simum cottoni   Ceratotherium simum simum   Total   Trend   Diceros bicornis bicornis   Diceros bicornis michaeli   Diceros bicornis minor   Total   Trend   TOTAL 
 South Africa              18,796    18,796  Up        171        60    1,684    1,915  Up     20,711
 Namibia                  469        469  Up     1,750        1,750  Up       2,219
 Kenya                    4               361        365  Up          594         594  Up          959
 Zimbabwe                  290        290  Down            431       431  Down          721
 Botswana                  135        135  Up               7          7  Stable          142
 Tanzania                   88        25       113  ?          113
 Swaziland                    88          88  Up             17        17  Stable          105
 Zambia                     7            7  Enhanced             27        27  Stable             34
 Malawi                     24        24  Up             24
 Uganda                     9            9  Up               -                  9
 Mozambique                     6            6  Down?               1          1  Min               7
 Anglola                   1              1  Min               1
 Rwanda             ?           -    ?             -  
 Totals                        4            20,161    20,165  Up     1,922       742    2,216    4,880  Up     25,045
 Rounded                        4            20,160    20,170      1,920       740    2,220    4,880      25,050

 

NB:

Table excludes speculative guesstimates

Numbers primarily compiled at the USFWS Rhino & Tiger Conservation Fund- and WWF African Rhino Programme-sponsored 2011 IUCN SSC AfRSG Meeting in South Africa. Species and Subspecies totals>500 have been rounded to nearest five rhino. Trends are as compared to the 31 Dec 2007 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

2,390

Up?

 

 

 

 

Java

 

 

 

 

50

?

Nepal

460

?

 

 

 

 

Peninsular Malaysia

 

 

?

Down?

 

 

Sabah

 

 

25

Down?

 

 

Sumatra

 

 

175

Down?

 

 

Vietnam

 

 

 

 

2-7

?

Total

2,850

 

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