Ceratotherium Temporal range:
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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 |
Genus: |
Ceratotherium Gray, 1868 |
Species | |
Ceratotherium (Greek: "horn" (keratos), "beast" (therion) [2]) is a genus of the family 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]