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Rhinoceros (one-horned rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Rhinoceros Linnaeus p. 56
1825Rhinoceros Gray p. 342
1828Rhinoceros elatus Croizet and Jobert
1848Rhinoceros Owen p. 139
1873Rhinoceros Leidy p. 328
1876Rhinoceros Lydekker
1881Rhinocerus Cope p. 393
1902Rhinoceros Hay p. 647
1916Rhinoceros Stefani p. 11
1988Rhinoceros Carroll
1989Rhinoceros Prothero and Schoch p. 536
2001Rhinoceros Tong
2003Rhinoceros Deng p. 148
2010Rhinoceros Antoine et al.
2011Rhinoceros Deng et al. p. 1287
2016Rhinoceros Pandolfi and Maiorino

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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
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
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
genusRhinoceros

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.

G. Rhinoceros Linnaeus 1758 [one-horned rhinoceros]
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Rhinoceros deccanensis Foote 1874
Rhinoceros goldfussii Kaup 1834
Rhinoceros habereri Schlosser 1903
Rhinoceros iravadicus Lydekker 1876
Rhinoceros leptodon Kaup 1834
Rhinoceros leptorhinus Cuvier 1822
Rhinoceros minutus Cuvier 1830
Rhinoceros namadicus Falconer and Cautley 1847
Rhinoceros pacificus Leidy 1872
Rhinoceros palaeindicus Falconer and Cautley 1847
Rhinoceros philippinensis von Koenigswald 1956
Rhinoceros planidens Lydekker 1876
Rhinoceros platyrhinus Falconer and Cautley 1847
Rhinoceros plicidens Koken 1885
Rhinoceros sinensis Owen 1870
Rhinoceros sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1847
Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest 1822 [Javan rhinoceros]
Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus 1758 [Indian rhinoceros]
Invalid names: Rhinoceros elatus Croizet and Jobert 1828 [nomen oblitum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available