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Rhinoceros unicornis (Indian rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Rhinoceros unicornis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Rhinoceros.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. aurelianensis, R. pachygnathus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus p. 56
1911Rhinoceros unicornis Thomas p. 144
2005Rhinoceros unicornis Colbert p. 6
2010Rhinoceros unicornis Antoine et al.
2011Rhinoceros unicornis Deng et al. p. 1287
2013Rhinoceros unicornis Lu
2016Rhinoceros unicornis Pandolfi and Maiorino

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyRhinocerotidae
subfamilyRhinocerotinae
tribeRhinocerotini
genusRhinoceros
speciesunicornis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus 1758 [Indian rhinoceros]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available