Rhinoceros sinensis Owen 1870 (one-horned rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Belongs to Rhinoceros according to L. Pandolfi and L. Maiorino 2016

See also Lydekker 1876

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

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (21 collections), Vietnam (3)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1), Taiwan (1)

Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence

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