Black rhinoceros and Sumatran rhinoceros, critically endangered.
Black or hook-lipped rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis, and Sumatran rhinoceros, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, both critically endangered. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.
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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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