Native Range
Southern white rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum simum
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The mapped biological distribution is supplied by the IUCN Red List and takes precedence over earlier Wild Guide administrative selections.
IUCN Red List
Ceratotherium simum simum
This subspecies range is taken from polygons identified within the IUCN assessment for Ceratotherium simum.
- Taxon ID
- 4185
- Assessment ID
- 45813880
- Spatial data compiled
- 2020
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) 2020. Ceratotherium simum (spatial data). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025(2). https://www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed on 2 July 2026.
Licence: IUCN Red List Terms and Conditions of Use
View IUCN assessmentCountries covered by this range
Country coverage is derived from where the biological range polygon measurably intersects current administrative boundaries.
Angola
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Reintroduced, Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Botswana
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Native, Reintroduced, Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Burkina Faso
- Presence
- Presence uncertain
- Origin
- Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Congo, Dem Rep of the
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Cote d'Ivoire
- Presence
- Presence uncertain
- Origin
- Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Ethiopia
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Gambia, The
- Presence
- Presence uncertain
- Origin
- Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Ghana
- Presence
- Presence uncertain
- Origin
- Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Guinea
- Presence
- Presence uncertain
- Origin
- Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Guinea-Bissau
- Presence
- Presence uncertain
- Origin
- Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Kenya
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Lesotho
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Native
- Seasonality
- Resident
Liberia
- Presence
- Presence uncertain
- Origin
- Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Malawi
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Reintroduced, Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Mali
- Presence
- Presence uncertain
- Origin
- Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Mauritania
- Presence
- Presence uncertain
- Origin
- Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Mozambique
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Native, Reintroduced, Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Namibia
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Native, Reintroduced, Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Rwanda
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Senegal
- Presence
- Presence uncertain
- Origin
- Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Somalia
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
South Africa
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Native, Reintroduced
- Seasonality
- Resident
South Sudan
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Swaziland
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Native, Reintroduced
- Seasonality
- Resident
Tanzania
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Reintroduced, Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Uganda
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Zambia
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Reintroduced, Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Zimbabwe
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Native, Reintroduced, Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Distribution feature
Extant (resident)
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Native
- Seasonality
- Resident
Distribution feature
Extant & Reintroduced (resident)
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Reintroduced
- Seasonality
- Resident
Distribution feature
Extant & Assisted Colonisation (resident)
- Presence
- Extant
- Origin
- Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident
Distribution feature
Presence Uncertain & Assisted Colonisation
- Presence
- Presence uncertain
- Origin
- Assisted colonisation
- Seasonality
- Resident