Rhinoceros palaeindicus Falconer and Cautley 1847 (one-horned rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Full reference: H. Falconer and P. T. Cautley. 1847. Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis. Being the fossil zoology of the Sewalik Hills in the north of India. Illustrations–Part VIII Suidae and Rhinocerotidae.

Belongs to Rhinoceros according to R. Lydekker 1876

See also Falconer and Cautley 1847

Sister taxa: Rhinoceros (Ceratorhinus), Rhinoceros deccanensis, Rhinoceros elatus, Rhinoceros goldfussii, Rhinoceros habereri, Rhinoceros iravadicus, Rhinoceros leptodon, Rhinoceros leptorhinus, Rhinoceros minutus, Rhinoceros namadicus, Rhinoceros pacificus, Rhinoceros philippinensis, Rhinoceros planidens, Rhinoceros platyrhinus, Rhinoceros plicidens, Rhinoceros sinensis, Rhinoceros sivalensis, Rhinoceros sondaicus, Rhinoceros unicornis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sewalik Hills [GENERAL], which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in India

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of India (1 collection)

• Pliocene of India (3)

• Miocene of Pakistan (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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