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Rhinoceros Linnaeus 1758

Description

Rhinoceros Linnaeus 1758

Rhinoceros Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 56.

Type Species: Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus 1758

Synonyms: Eurhinoceros Gray 1867; Monocerorhinus Wüst 1922; Monoceros Rafinesque 1815; Naricornis Frisch 1775; Unicornus Rafinesque 1815.

Species and subspecies: 2 species with 3 subspecies:

Species Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest 1822

Subspecies Rhinoceros sondaicus subsp. sondaicus Desmarest 1822

Subspecies Rhinoceros sondaicus subsp. annamiticus Heude 1892

Subspecies Rhinoceros sondaicus subsp. inermis Lesson 1838

Species Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus 1758

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Perissodactyla, pp. 629-636 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 635, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perissodactyla
Family
Rhinocerotidae
Genus
Rhinoceros
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
  • Rafinesque, C. S. 1815. Analyse de la nature. Palerme, 244 p.