Ceratotherium
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| A white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) in Etosha National Park, Namibia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Tribe: | Dicerotini
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| Genus: | Ceratotherium Gray, 1868 |
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Ceratotherium (Greek: "horn" (keratos), "beast" (therion)Rhinocerotidae, consisting of a single extant species, the white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), and its extinct relative Ceratotherium mauritanicum, of which Ceratotherium efficax is considered a synonym.[3] Another species known as Ceratotherium praecox is now considered a member of the related genus Diceros.[4] The placement of Ceratotherium neumayri from the Late Miocene of Europe and Western Asia within the genus has been questioned, with other authors assigning it to the separate genus Miodiceros.[5] The species 'Ceratotherium’ advenientis is known from the Late Miocene of Italy (when it was still part of Africa).[6]
References
- ^ "Fossilworks: Ceratotherium".
- ^ "Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
- PMID 28966048.
- JSTOR 4524458.
- ISBN 978-3-030-68441-9, retrieved 2023-11-20
- ISSN 0891-2963.
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