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Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (Sumatran rhino)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Rhinoceros sumatrensis was named by Fischer (1814). It is extant.

It was recombined as Didermocerus sumatrensis by Hubback (1939) and Miller (1942); it was recombined as Dicerorhinus sumatrensis by Gloger (1841), Antoine and Saraç (2005), Antoine et al. (2010), Deng et al. (2011) and Lu (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Rhinoceros sumatrensis Fischer p. 301
1822Rhinoceros sumatranus Raffles p. 268
1841Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Gloger
1876Rhinoceros sumatrensis Lydekker
1939Didermocerus sumatrensis Hubback p. 1
1940Rhinoceros sumatrensis Chasen p. 207
1942Didermocerus sumatrensis Miller, Jr. p. 161
2005Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Antoine and Saraç p. 618
2010Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Antoine et al.
2011Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Deng et al. p. 1287
2013Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Lu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyRhinocerotidae
subfamilyRhinocerotinae
tribeRhinocerotini
genusDicerorhinusGloger 1841
speciessumatrensis(Fischer 1814)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Fischer 1814 [Sumatran rhino]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:09:36
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:09:36
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Pakistan (Punjab) Didermocerus sumatrensis (13472)