Diceros

Diceros (Greek: "two" (dio), "horn" (keratos)[1]) is a genus of rhinoceros containing the living black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and at least one extinct species.[2]

Diceros
Temporal range:
Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Tribe: Dicerotini
Genus: Diceros
Gray, 1821
Species

Taxonomy

Diceros is generally believed to have branched off from an early species of Ceratotherium, specifically C. neumayri.[3] However an even older species than C. neumayri from the Miocene has been placed in Diceros (D.australis). D. praecox is considered the direct ancestor of the black rhinoceros.

References
  1. "Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
  2. Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 679. ISBN 9780520257214.
  3. Geraads, Denis (2005). "Pliocene Rhinocerotidae (Mammalia) from Hadar and Dikka (Lower Awash, Ethiopia), and a revision of the origin of modern African rhinos" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (2): 451–461. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0451:PRMFHA]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4524458.
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