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Rhinoceros  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 624934

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Eurhinoceros Gray, 1867
  
    Monocerorhinus Wüst, 1922
  
    Monoceros Rafinesque, 1815
  
    Naricornis Frisch, 1775
  
    Unicornus Rafinesque, 1815
  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2013   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderPerissodactyla Owen, 1848 – antas, Odd-toed Ungulates  
                                  FamilyRhinocerotidae Gray, 1821 – Rhinoceroses, rhinos  
                                     GenusRhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest, 1822 – Javan Rhinoceros, lesser one-horned rhinoceros, Javan one-horned rhinoceros 
                                        Species Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus, 1758 – Indian One-horned Rhinoceros, greater one-horned rhinoceros, Indian Rhinoceros, great Indian rhinoceros 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Grubb  
  Notes: 35 Downhills Park Road, London N17 6PE, England   
  Reference for: Rhinoceros    
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Groves, Colin, and Peter Grubb  
  Publication Date: 2011   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ungulate Taxonomy   
  Page(s): ix + 317   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-4214-0093-6   
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  Reference for: Rhinoceros   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Laurie, W. A., E. M. Lang, and C. P. Groves  
  Publication Date: 1983   
  Article/Chapter Title: Rhinoceros unicornis   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammalian Species, no. 211   
  Page(s): 1-6   
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  Notes: Available online at http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/default.html   
  Reference for: Rhinoceros   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Rhinoceros   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2000   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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  Reference for: Rhinoceros   
       

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