Rhinocerotidae

Diceros bicornis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhinocerotoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia 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
Subfamiliae: Rhinocerotinae – †Aceratheriinae – †Brachypotheriinae – †Elasmotheriinae – †Iranotheriinae

Genera extincta

†Alicornops – †Bugtirhinus – †Chilotherium – †Coelodonta – †Dihoplus – †Elasmotherium – †Eldarotherium – †Epiaceratherium – †Hispanotherium – †Iranotherium – †Kenyatherium – †Menoceras – †Ningxiatherium – †Ougandatherium – †Parelasmotherium – †Procoelodonta – †Shansirhinus – †Sinotherium – †Subchilotherium – †Teleoceras – †Victoriaceros

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Rhinocerotidae Gray, 1821: 306

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1821. On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310. HathiTrust. Reference page.  

Additional references

• Grubb, P. 2005. Order Perissodactyla. Pp. 629–636 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 
• Antoine, P.O., Ducrocq, S., Marivaux, L., Chaimanee, Y., Crochet, J.Y., Jaeger, J.J., and Welcomme, J.L. 2003: Early Rhinocerotids (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from South-Asia and a review of the Holarctic Paleogene Rhinocerotid record. Canadian journal of earth sciences, 40(3): 365–374.
• Tong, H. 2001: Rhinocerotids in China - systematics and material analysis. Geobios, 34: 585–591. DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(01)80071-1
• Na Duong (northern Vietnam) – an exceptional window into Eocene ecosystems from Southeast Asia Manuscript received 17.12.2013; revision accepted 19.01.2014 BSPG ISSN 1612 - 412X Epiaceratherium Abel 1910

Vernacular names

• Afrikaans: Renoster
• العربية: وحيد القرن
• беларуская: Насарогі
• বাংলা: গণ্ডার
• čeština: Nosorožcovití
• Deutsch: Nashörner
• Ελληνικά: Ρινόκερος
• English: Rhinoceroses
• Esperanto: Rinocero
• español: Rinocerontes
• suomi: Sarvikuonot
• français: Rhinocéros
• עברית: קרנפיים
• hrvatski: Nosorozi
• magyar: Orrszarvúfélék, rinocéroszok
• italiano: Rhinoceronti
• 日本語: サイ科
• 한국어: 코뿔소
• മലയാളം: കാണ്ടാമൃഗം
• မြန်မာဘာသာ: ကြံ့
• Nederlands: Neushoorns
• norsk: Neshorn
• polski: Nosorożce
• português: Rinocerontes/Rinocerontídeos
• српски / srpski: Носорог
• svenska: Noshörningar
• українська: Носороги
• 中文: 犀牛科

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