IRMNG - Rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758

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Rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG_ID

1294670 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1294670)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Rhinocerotidae Gray, 1821

Synonymised names

Eurhinoceros Gray, 1868 · unaccepted

Monocerorhinus Wüst, 1922 · unaccepted

Monoceros Rafinesque, 1815 · unaccepted

Naricornis Frisch, 1775 · unaccepted

Rhinocerus Billberg, 1827 · unaccepted

Unicornus Rafinesque, 1815 · unaccepted

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Species Rhinoceros acutirostris Fyffe
Species Rhinoceros antiquitatis
Species Rhinoceros incisivus
Species Rhinoceros nebracensis
Species Rhinoceros platyrhinus
Species Rhinoceros schleiermacheri Beal
Species Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest, 1822
Species Rhinoceros tichorhinus
Species Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 56 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1294670 on 2025-01-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (12)
Notes (1)

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 56 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

verified source for family Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

extant flag source SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Rhinocerus Billberg, 1827) Syn. Scand., tabell. A. [details]

original description (of Unicornus Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'universe et des corps organisés. Palermo: Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/106607
page(s): 219 [details]

original description (of Eurhinoceros Gray, 1868) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1867(3)
page(s): 1009 [details]

original description (of Monoceros Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'universe et des corps organisés. Palermo: Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/106607
page(s): 56 [details]

Unreviewed

Type species as cited Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus, 1758. [details]