The members of the genus Rhinoceros are the one-horned rhinoceroses. The word "rhinoceros" is of Greek origin; "rhino" 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).
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Extant Perissodactyla species by suborder
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- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Chordata
- Class Mammalia
- Infraclass Eutheria
- Superorder Laurasiatheria
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Equidae
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Equus
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- Subgenus Equus: Wild horse (E. ferus)
- Domestic Horse (E. ferus caballus)
- Subgenus Asinus: African wild ass (E. africanus)
- Donkey (E. asinus)
- Onager (E. hemionus)
- Kiang (E. kiang)
- Subgenus Dolichohippus: Grévy's zebra (E. grevyi)
- Subgenus Hippotigris: Plains zebra (E. quagga)
- Mountain zebra (E. zebra)
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Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros
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- Indian rhinoceros (R. unicornis)
- Javan rhinoceros (R. sondaicus)
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Dicerorhinus
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- Sumatran rhinoceros (D. sumatrensis)
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Ceratotherium
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- White rhinoceros (C. simum)
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Diceros
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- Black rhinoceros (D. bicornis)
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Tapiridae
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Tapirus
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- Baird's tapir (T. bairdii)
- Malayan tapir (T. indicus)
- Mountain tapir (T. pinchaque)
- South American tapir (T. terrestris)
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