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Taxon: Genus
Rhinoceros
C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Asian one-horned rhinoceroses
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Synapsida
............................................Therapsida
..............................................Theriodontia
................................................Eutheriodontia
..................................................Cynodontia
....................................................Eucynodontia
......................................................Mammaliamorpha
........................................................Mammaliaformes
..........................................................Holotheria
............................................................Class Mammalia - mammals
..............................................................Theriimorpha
................................................................Theriiformes
..................................................................Trechnotheria
....................................................................Cladotheria
......................................................................Zatheria
........................................................................Subclass Boreosphenida
..........................................................................Theria
............................................................................Infraclass Eutheria
..............................................................................Cohort Placentalia - placentals
................................................................................Magnorder Boreoeutheria
..................................................................................Grandorder Laurasiatheria
....................................................................................Scrotifera
......................................................................................Fereuungulata
........................................................................................Euungulata
..........................................................................................Order Perissodactyla - odd-toed ungulates
............................................................................................Suborder Tapiromorpha
..............................................................................................Infraorder Ceratomorpha
................................................................................................Superfamily Rhinocerotoidea
..................................................................................................Family Rhinocerotidae - rhinoceroses
....................................................................................................Subfamily Rhinocerotinae
......................................................................................................Tribe Rhinocerotini
........................................................................................................Subtribe Rhinocerotina
..........................................................................................................Infratribe Rhinoceroti
............................................................................................................Genus Ceratotherium - white rhinoceros
............................................................................................................Genus ‡Coelodonta - woolly rhinoceros
............................................................................................................Genus Dicerorhinus - Sumatran rhinoceros
............................................................................................................Genus Diceros - black rhinoceros
............................................................................................................Genus †Gaindatherium
............................................................................................................Genus †Paradiceros
............................................................................................................Genus †Punjabitherium
............................................................................................................Genus †Stephanorhinus
............................................................................................................Genus Rhinoceros - Asian one-horned rhinoceroses
..............................................................................................................Species †Rhinoceros sinensis
..............................................................................................................Species †Rhinoceros sivalensis
..............................................................................................................Species Rhinoceros sondaicus - Javan rhinoceros
..............................................................................................................Species Rhinoceros unicornis - Indian rhinoceros
..............................................................................................................(Species †Rhinoceros antiquitatis)
..............................................................................................................(Species Rhinoceros bicornis)
..............................................................................................................(Species †Rhinoceros etruscus)
Authorship
Unavailable original name
Linnaeus, C. 1748. Syst. nat., ed. 6..
: 2, 11
Unavailable original rank
Original name
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. nat., ed. 10. 1..
: 56
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Types
Type of
Rhinoceroti
(Infratribe)
(Gray, 1821) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Type, by original designation
Rhinoceros unicornis
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Variants
Unavailable name
Rhinoceros
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Taxonomic positions
Original position
Glires
(Order)
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Subsequent position
Belluae
(Order)
C. Linnaeus, 1758
[
C. Linnaeus, 1766
: 104
]
Subsequent position
Rhinoceroti
(Infratribe)
(Gray, 1821) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
[
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 485
]
Vernacular Names
Dutch
:
pantserneushoorns
English
:
Asian one-horned rhinoceroses
Number of Subtaxa
2013
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
2s; †4s
1993
P. Grubb
[2s]
1991
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill
[2s]
1982
A.F. DeBlase
[2s]
1758
C. Linnaeus
[2s]
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012