Rhinoceros (genus)
| Rhinoceros | |
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| Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) | |
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| Javan Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | Rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758 |
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The members of the genus Rhinoceros are the one-horned rhinoceroses. The word "rhinoceros" is of Greek origin; "rhin" meaning "nose", and "ceros" meaning "horn". The genus contains two species, the Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) and the Javan Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus). Although both members are endangered, the Javan Rhinoceros is one of the most endangered large mammals in the world with only 60 individuals surviving in Java (Indonesia). A fossil jawbone of an extinct species, Rhinoceros philippinensis, was found in the Philippines.
Species
The genus Rhinoceros comprises:
- †Rhinoceros hemitoxhus
- †Rhinoceros leptorhinus
- †Rhinoceros megarhinus
- †Rhinoceros philippinensis
- †Rhinoceros sinensis[1]
- Rhinoceros sondaicus Javan rhinoceros
- Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus Vietnamese Sunda rhinoceros
- Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis Indian Sunda rhinoceros
- Rhinoceros sondaicus sondaicus Indonesian Sunda rhinoceros
- Rhinoceros unicornis Indian rhincoeros
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References
- ↑ Schepartz, L. A.; Miller-Antonio, S. (2010-05-01). "Taphonomy, life history, and human exploitation of Rhinoceros sinensis at the Middle Pleistocene site of Panxian Dadong, Guizhou, China". International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 20 (3): 253–268. doi:10.1002/oa.1025. ISSN 1099-1212.
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