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Diceros (black rhino)
Taxonomy
Diceros was named by Gray (1821). It is extant.
It was assigned to Dicerotini by Loose (1975); to Rhinocerotidae by Carroll (1988); to Dicerotina by Prothero and Schoch (1989); to Rhinocerotina by Antoine et al. (2010); and to Rhinocerotini by Deng et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Dicerotini by Loose (1975); to Rhinocerotidae by Carroll (1988); to Dicerotina by Prothero and Schoch (1989); to Rhinocerotina by Antoine et al. (2010); and to Rhinocerotini by Deng et al. (2011).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1821 | Diceros Gray |
| 1975 | Diceros Loose |
| 1988 | Diceros Carroll |
| 1989 | Diceros Prothero and Schoch p. 536 |
| 2010 | Diceros Antoine et al. |
| 2011 | Diceros Deng et al. p. 1287 |
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G. Diceros Gray 1821 [black rhino]
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Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 [black rhinoceros]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available