European Rhinoceros Beetle

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European Rhinoceros Beetle

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Dynastinae
Genus: Oryctes
Species: O. nasicornis
Binomial name
Oryctes nasicornis
Linnaeus, 1746

The European Rhinoceros Beetle (Oryctes nasicornis) is a large flying beetle (6 cm) that inhabits the Palaearctic region.

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