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Ceratotherium simum (white rhinoceros)
Taxonomy
Rhinoceros simus was named by Burchell (1821) [also said to be 1817]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Ceratotherium simum by Gray (1867), Antoine and Saraç (2005), Groves et al. (2010) and Deng et al. (2011).
It was recombined as Ceratotherium simum by Gray (1867), Antoine and Saraç (2005), Groves et al. (2010) and Deng et al. (2011).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1817 | Rhinoceros simus Burchell |
| 1821 | Rhinoceros simus Burchell |
| 1867 | Ceratotherium simum Gray p. 1027 |
| 2005 | Ceratotherium simum Antoine and Saraç p. 603 |
| 2010 | Ceratotherium simum Groves et al. p. 12 |
| 2011 | Ceratotherium simum Deng et al. p. 1287 |
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Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 [white rhinoceros]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available