Rhinocerotidae

Diceros bicornis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhinocerotoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Cladus: Eugnathostomata
Cladus: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Cladus: Stegocephali
Cladus: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Metopophora
Cladus: Haptodontiformes
Cladus: Sphenacomorpha
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Pantherapsida
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Eutheriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Epicynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliamorpha
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Cladotheria
Cladus: Prototribosphenida
Cladus: Zatheria
Cladus: Tribosphenida
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Magnordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Grandordo: Ferungulata
Cladus: Pan-Euungulata
Mirordo: Euungulata
Cladus: Panperissodactyla
Cladus: Perissodactylamorpha
Ordo: Perissodactyla
Cladus: Tapiromorpha
Subordo: Ceratomorpha
Superfamilia: Rhinocerotoidea

Familia: Rhinocerotidae
Subfamiliae (1 + †4): Rhinocerotinae – †Aceratheriinae – †Brachypotheriinae – †Elasmotheriinae – †Iranotheriinae

Genera (4 + †8): Ceratotherium – Dicerorhinus – Diceros – Rhinoceros – †Bugtirhinus – †Coelodonta – †Epiaceratherium – †Gaindatherium – †Iranotherium – †Kenyatherium – †Lartetotherium – †Ougandatherium – †Procoelodonta – †Stephanorhinus

Name

Rhinocerotidae Rafinesque, 1815

  • Type genus: Rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymy

  • Rhinoceria Rafinesque, 1815 [original spelling]

References

Primary references

  • Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Palerme: L'Imprimerie de Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Gray, J.E. 1821. On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310. HathiTrust. Reference page.  
  • Grubb, P. 2005. Order Perissodactyla. Pp. 629–636 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 
  • Antoine, P.O., Ducrocq, S., Marivaux, L., Chaimanee, Y., Crochet, J.Y., Jaeger, J.J., and Welcomme, J.L. 2003: Early Rhinocerotids (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from South-Asia and a review of the Holarctic Paleogene Rhinocerotid record. Canadian journal of earth sciences, 40(3): 365–374.
  • Tong, H. 2001: Rhinocerotids in China - systematics and material analysis. Geobios, 34: 585–591. DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(01)80071-1
  • Na Duong (northern Vietnam) – an exceptional window into Eocene ecosystems from Southeast Asia Manuscript received 17.12.2013; revision accepted 19.01.2014 BSPG ISSN 1612 - 412X Epiaceratherium Abel 1910

Vernacular names

  • Afrikaans: Renoster
  • العربية: وحيد القرن
  • беларуская: Насарогі
  • বাংলা: গণ্ডার
  • čeština: Nosorožcovití
  • Deutsch: Nashörner
  • Ελληνικά: Ρινόκερος
  • English: Rhinoceroses
  • Esperanto: Rinocero
  • español: Rinocerontes
  • suomi: Sarvikuonot
  • français: Rhinocéros
  • עברית: קרנפיים
  • hrvatski: Nosorozi
  • magyar: Orrszarvúfélék, rinocéroszok
  • italiano: Rhinoceronti
  • 日本語: サイ科
  • 한국어: 코뿔소
  • മലയാളം: കാണ്ടാമൃഗം
  • မြန်မာဘာသာ: ကြံ့
  • Nederlands: Neushoorns
  • norsk: Neshorn
  • polski: Nosorożce
  • português: Rinocerontes/Rinocerontídeos
  • српски / srpski: Носорог
  • svenska: Noshörningar
  • українська: Носороги
  • 中文: 犀牛科
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