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Diceros bicornis (black rhinoceros)
Taxonomy
Rhinoceros bicornis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Diceros bicornis by Gray (1821), Thomas (1911), Antoine et al. (2010), Deng et al. (2011) and Lu (2013).
It was recombined as Diceros bicornis by Gray (1821), Thomas (1911), Antoine et al. (2010), Deng et al. (2011) and Lu (2013).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Rhinoceros bicornis Linnaeus p. 56 |
| 1821 | Diceros bicornis Gray p. 306 |
| 1911 | Diceros bicornis Thomas p. 144 |
| 2010 | Diceros bicornis Antoine et al. |
| 2011 | Diceros bicornis Deng et al. p. 1287 |
| 2013 | Diceros bicornis Lu |
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Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 [black rhinoceros]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available