Dicerorhinus

Dicerorhinus
Rapunzel, a Sumatran Rhino in the Bronx Zoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily: Rhinocerotinae
Tribe: Rhinocerotini
Genus: Dicerorhinus
Gloger, 1841
Species
  • D. caucasicus
  • D. cixianensis
  • D. etruscus
  • D. hemitoechus
  • D. kirchbergensis (syn. Rhinoceros merckii)
  • D. megarhinus
  • D. gwebinensis
  • D. sumatrensis
  • D. sansaniensis

Dicerorhinus is a genus of the family Rhinocerotidae, consisting of a single extant species, the only two-horned Sumatran rhinoceros (D. sumatrensis), and several extinct species.

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