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Indigenous to East and Southern Africa (Flora, Fauna & Wilderness only)

Wilderness and Wildlife Indigenous to Fifteen Southern & East African countries and Six nearby Island Groups in the Indian Ocean.

African Rhinos!

This challenge closed almost 3 years ago.

The Challenge

Rhinoceros is a name used to group five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. Two of these species are native to Africa and three to southern Asia. Three of the five species—the Javan, Sumatran and Black Rhinoceros—are critically endangered. The Indian is endangered, with fewer than 2,700 individuals remaining in the wild. The White is registered as Vulnerable, with approximately 17,500 remaining in the wild, as reported by the Intenational Rhino Foundation.

It’s the two African species, the black and the white, that are the subject of this challenge. There are lots of both among the work of the group, so let’s see lots of entries for this challenge.