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Rhinoceroses
Rhinocerotidae
A rhinoceros (/raɪˈnɒsərəs/, from Greek rhinokeros, meaning "nose-horned", from rhinos, meaning "nose", and keratos, meaning "horn"), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is one of any five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae, as well as any of the numerous extinct species. Two of the extant species are native to Africa and three to Southern Asia.
6 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Wide-lipped Rhinoceroses
genusCeratotherium
Narrow-lipped Rhinoceroses
genusDiceros
One-horned Rhinoceroses
genusRhinoceros
Woolly Rhinoceros
genusCoelodonta
Hairy Rhinoceroses
genusDicerorhinus
Siberian Unicorn
genusElasmotherium
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43341.