Rhinoceros pacificus Leidy 1872 (one-horned rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Alternative combination: Diceratherium pacificum

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1872. Remarks on Fossils from Oregon. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 23(3):247-248

Belongs to Rhinoceros according to J. Leidy 1873

See also Fremd 1994, Hay 1902, Leidy 1872, Loomis 1908, Peterson 1920, Stock 1933 and Troxell 1921

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 sinensis, Rhinoceros sivalensis, Rhinoceros sondaicus, Rhinoceros unicornis

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rhinoceros pacificus in the database

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