Ceratotherium simum

Ceratotherium simum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Perissodactyla
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Perissodactyla

Familia: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Ceratotherium
Species: Ceratotherium simum
Subspecies: C. s. cottoni - †C. s. germanoafricanum - †C. s. mauritanicum - C. s. simum

Name

Ceratotherium simum (Burchell, 1817)

Type locality: "L'interior de l'Afrique Méridionale vers le vingt-sixième degré de latitude"; since identified as South Africa, North West Prov., Chue Spring (= Heuningvlei), about 26°15'S, 23°10'E. See Grubb (1999).

References

• Burchell, W. J. 1817. Note sur une nouvelle espèce de Rhinocéros. Bulletin des Sciences par la Société Philomatique, Paris: 97.
• Groves, C. P. 1972. Ceratotherium simum. Mammalian Species, 8: 1-6.
• Grubb, P. 1999. Types and type localities of ungulates named from southern Africa. Koedoe, 42 (2): 13-45.

Links

• Ceratotherium simum in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• IUCN link: Ceratotherium simum (Burchell, 1817) (Near Threatened)
• Ceratotherium simum (Burchell, 1817) Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Witrenoster
Deutsch: Breitmaulnashorn
English: White rhinoceros
Español: Rinoceronte blanco
日本語: シロサイ
Polski: Nosorożec biały
Português: Rinoceronte-branco
Suomi: Leveähuulisarvikuono
Українська: Білий носоріг
中文: 白犀牛