Ceratotherium
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| A white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) in Etosha National Park, Namibia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Tribe: | Rhinocerotini |
| Genus: | Ceratotherium Gray, 1868 |
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Ceratotherium is a genus of the family Rhinocerotidae, consisting of a single extant species, the white rhinoceros, and its extinct relatives, Ceratotherium neumayri and Ceratotherium mauritanicum, of which Ceratotherium efficax is considered a synonym.[2] Another species known as Ceratotherium praecox is now considered a member of the related Diceros.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Fossilworks: Ceratotherium".
- ^ Geraads, D. (2020). "Perissodactyla (Rhinocerotidae and Equidae) from Kanapoi" (PDF). J. Hum. Evol. 140. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.07.013. PMID 28966048.
- ^ 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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