Dicerorhinus

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Dicerorhinus
Rapunzel, a Sumatran Rhino in the Bronx Zoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Perissodactyla Family: Rhinocerotidae Subfamily: Dicerorhininae Genus: Dicerorhinus Gloger, 1841
Species
D. caucasicus† D. cixianensis† D. etruscus† D. hemitoechus† D. kirchbergensis (syn. Rhinoceros merckii)† D. megarhinus† D. sumatrensis

Dicerorhinus is a genus of the family Rhinocerotidae, consisting of a single extant species, the Sumatran Rhinoceros (D. sumatrensis).

[edit] References

• Groves, Colin P., and Fred Kurt (1972). "Dicerorhinus sumatrensis". Mammalian Species (21): 1–6.

v • d • e Extant Perissodactyla species by suborder Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Infraclass: Eutheria · Superorder: Laurasiatheria Hippomorpha Equidae Equus Subgenus Equus: Wild horse (Equus ferus) · Domestic Horse (Equus caballus) Subgenus Asinus: African Wild Ass (Equus africanus) · Donkey (Equus asinus) · Onager (Equus hemionus) · Kiang (Equus kiang) Subgenus Dolichohippus: Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi) Subgenus Hippotigris: Plains Zebra (Equus quagga) · Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra) Ceratomorpha Rhinocerotidae Rhinoceros Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) · Javan Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) Dicerorhinus Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) Ceratotherium White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) Diceros Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) Tapiridae Tapirus Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) · Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus) · Mountain Tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) · Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Category