Ceratotherium simum simum

Ceratotherium simum 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: Ceratotherium simum simum

Name

Ceratotherium simum 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.

Synonyms

• Rhinoceros simus Burcjell, 1817
• Rhinoceros Burchellii Lesson, 1827
• Rhinoceros camperis Gray, 1827
• Rhinoceros camus Griffith, 1827
• Rhinoceros oswelli Elliot, 1847
• Atelodus simus var. camptoceros Brandt, 1878
• Atclodus simus var. prostheceros Brandt, 1878
• Rhinoceros kulumane Player, 1972

References

• Burchell, W. J. 1817. Note sur une nouvelle espècede Rhinocéros. Bulletin des Sciences par la Société Philomatique, Paris: 97.
• Lesson, R. P. 1827. Manuel de Mammalogie. Paris, 332.
• Griffith, E. 1827. Synopsis of the species of the class Mammalia. Pp. 290-292 In Cuvier, The animal kingdom, George B. Whittaker, London, 5, 391 pp.
• Brandt, J. F. 1878. Tentamen synopseos Rhinocerotidum viventium et fossilium. MCm. Academy Science of St. Petersburg, 26 (5): 1-66.

Links

• Ceratotherium simum 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 simum (Burchell, 1817) (Near Threatened)

Vernacular names

English: Southern White Rhinoceros
Nederlands: Zuidelijke witte neushoorn
中文: 南白犀