Ceratotherium

Ceratotherium simum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhinocerotoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Cladus: Pan-Euungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Cladus: Panperissodactyla Cladus: Perissodactylamorpha Ordo: Perissodactyla Cladus: Tapiromorpha Subordo: Ceratomorpha Superfamilia: Rhinocerotoidea

Familia: Rhinocerotidae
Subfamilia: Rhinocerotinae
Genus: Ceratotherium
Species (1 + †2): †C. mauritanicum – †C. neumayri – C. simum

Name

Ceratotherium Gray, 1868

• Type species: Rhinoceros simum Burchell, 1817

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1868. Observations on the Preserved Specimens and Skeletons of the Rhinocerotidæ in the Collection of the British Museum and Royal College of Surgeons, including the Descriptions of Three New Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1003–1032. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Ceratotherium in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

• English: White Rhinoceros
• magyar: Tompaorrú orrszarvúak

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