Nesorhinus

Nesorhinus; Temporal range: Pleistocene, 0.709 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Rhinocerotidae
Genus:	†Nesorhinus; Antoine et al., 2021
Species
	Nesorhinus philippinensis; ;

Nesorhinus is a genus of rhinocerotid perissodactyl from the Pleistocene of Asia. It contains two species, Nesorhinus philippinensis from Luzon, Philippines and Nesorhinus hayasakai (formerly Rhinoceros sinensis hayasakai) from Taiwan.^[1]

Evolution[]

Phylogenetically, Nesorhinus is the sister taxon to a clade consisting of Dicerorhinus and Rhinoceros. Its describers suggested it island-hopped from the Asian mainland to Taiwan and Luzon sometime during the Late Miocene or later.^[1]

Nesorhinus philippinensis was smaller and less robust than other rhinocerotids, suggesting it was subject to insular dwarfism, the first perissodactyl known to be so.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Antoine, P.-O.; Reyes, M. C.; Amano, N.; Bautista, A. P.; Chang, C.-H.; Claude, J.; De Vos, J.; Ingicco, T. (2021). "A new rhinoceros clade from the Pleistocene of Asia sheds light on mammal dispersals to the Philippines". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Online edition. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab009.

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[:0-1] Antoine, P.-O.; Reyes, M. C.; Amano, N.; Bautista, A. P.; Chang, C.-H.; Claude, J.; De Vos, J.; Ingicco, T. (2021). "A new rhinoceros clade from the Pleistocene of Asia sheds light on mammal dispersals to the Philippines". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Online edition. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab009.

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