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©Copyright Bruce Danielson
The Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), also colloquially Black Rhino, native to the eastern and central areas of Africa including Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon, South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. The main threat facing all these rhino, and particularly the black rhino, is man. Poachers kill rhino, not for meat for food, but to get the horns which they sell. Rhino horn is highly valued in certain parts of the world for medicinal and cultural reasons. The horn is made of a mass of fibres attached to the skin of the rhino's snout, and is similar to fingernails and hooves. The World Conservation Union announced on that one of the four subspecies, the West African Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis longipes), has been tentatively declared as extinct. About 3600 Black Rhinoceros exist in the world.
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This piece is available in the following sizes: 14x18 framed or unframed; matted in black. Limited edition series of 250. Price for matted is $40; framed and matted is $70. Shipping is additional $10. Larger prints available. Please email for quotes of sizes and prices. ORIGINAL ARTIST PROOF (hand-colored); Limited to 20 artist proofs only. Call for sizes and prices. To order or request information, please email: Natureart@aol.com
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