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Rhinoceros unicornis (Indian rhinoceros)
Taxonomy
Rhinoceros unicornis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Rhinoceros.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus p. 56 |
| 1911 | Rhinoceros unicornis Thomas p. 144 |
| 2005 | Rhinoceros unicornis Colbert p. 6 |
| 2010 | Rhinoceros unicornis Antoine et al. |
| 2011 | Rhinoceros unicornis Deng et al. p. 1287 |
| 2013 | Rhinoceros unicornis Lu |
| 2016 | Rhinoceros unicornis Pandolfi and Maiorino |
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Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus 1758 [Indian rhinoceros]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
| estimate | equation | reference |
|---|---|---|
| 539.7 kg | Mammalia femur diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
| 534.9 kg | Mammalia humerus diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
| 648.9 kg | Mammalia tibia diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
| mean: 572.2 kg | ||
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| femur diameter | 1 | 50.0 | |||||
| humerus diameter | 1 | 55.0 | |||||
| radius diameter | 1 | 37.0 | |||||
| tibia diameter | 1 | 52.7 |
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| Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Guangxi) | Rhinoceros unicornis (230325) | |
| Pleistocene | India | Rhinoceros unicornis (237975 237977) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Laos (Hua Pan) | Rhinoceros unicornis (235746) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) | Rhinoceros unicornis (143885) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | India (Gujarat) | Rhinoceros unicornis (173345) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | India | Rhinoceros unicornis (224310) |