Global attention to soil organic carbon (SOC) protection has increased significantly over the past decades, and concern for the conservation of black soils has also grown markedly in recent years, including in Indonesia. However, the term "black soils" remains debated in international forums due to challenges in aligning it with existing soil classifications. Black soils are primarily associated with Mollisols in Russia and China, which led to the establishment of the International Network of Black Soils (INBS). Generally, black soils are associated with Mollisols, some Andisols, and certain Vertisols in Soil Taxonomy (ST), or Chernozems, Andosols, and Vertisols in the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). This study aims to evaluate whether soils classified as Inceptisols, particularly Typic Eutrudepts, meet the FAO criteria for black soils and to emphasize the need for greater attention to their conservation and protection. Our study reveals that other subgroups of Inceptisols are also associated with black soils. Based on field investigations and laboratory analysis of soil profiles, minipits, and borings in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, we demonstrate that Typic Eutrudepts exhibit key characteristics of FAO’s black soils categories, particularly high organic matter content, base saturation, and cation exchange capacity. We investigated one soil profile, one soil minipit, and five additional study points in which a soil was investigated using an auger. We found that eutric soils in Typic Eutrudepts in Mamuju exhibit characteristics similar to those of black soil categories 1 and 2. They have a dark color, high base saturation, and high cation exchange capacity. This result provides an opportunity to protect black soils with eutric properties on a national and global scale, as they can be lost due to erosion, intensive land management, and land conversion.