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One-horned Rhinoceroses
Rhinoceros
The members of the genus Rhinoceros are the one-horned rhinoceroses. The word "rhinoceros" is of Greek origin; "rhin" meaning "nose", and "ceros" meaning "horn". The genus contains two species, the Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) and the Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus). Although both members are endangered, the Javan Rhinoceros is one of the most endangered large mammals in the world with only 60 individuals surviving in Java (Indonesia). A fossil jawbone of an extinct species, Rhinoceros philippinensis,...
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species
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Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Pagan World and the Origin of its Gods
Herold, Johann · 1554 · p.504
Cosmographey: das ist Beschreibung aller Laender
Münster, Sebastian · 1598 · p.1536
History of All Cloven-Hoofed Quadrupeds
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1621 · p.906
Theater of Earthly Creatures
Anonymous · 1672 · p.14
The Embassy of the Dutch East India Company to the Tartar Cham
Johan Nieuhof · 1665 · p.451
Les Indes Orientales et Occidentales, et autres lieuX : représentés en très-belles figur...
Hooghe, Romeyn de, prentgraveur · 1710 · p.13
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.389
The Pagan World and the Origin of its Gods
Herold, Johann · 1554 · p.453
Ornithology
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.840
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 92)
王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.11
Noah's Ark
Athanasius Kircher · 1675 · p.106
Georg Wolfgang Knorr — Deliciae naturae selectae (1771)
Georg Wolfgang Knorr · 1771 · p.344
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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 43344.