AnAge entry for Diceros bicornis

Classification (HAGRID: 02645)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Perissodactyla
                Family: Rhinocerotidae
                    Genus: Diceros
Species: Diceros bicornis
Common name: Black rhinoceros

Maximum longevity: 57 years (wild)
Source: ref. 1380
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: One wild born female specimen was about 57 years old when it died in captivity at a sanctuary in Ngorongoro [1380].

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[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[1061] Hillman-Smith and Groves (1994), Diceros bicornis
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
[1380] "World's oldest rhino" Fausta dies in Tanzania aged 57