Ceratotherium simum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhinocerotoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Cladus: Ferungulata Cladus: Euungulata Ordo: Perissodactyla Subordo: Ceratomorpha Superfamilia: Rhinocerotoidea

Familia: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Ceratotherium
Species: Ceratotherium simum
Subspecies: C. s. cottoni – †C. s. germanoafricanum – C. s. simum

Name

Ceratotherium simum (Burchell, 1817)

Type locality: “L'interior de l'Afrique Méridionale vers le vingt-sixième degré de latitude”; since identified as South Africa, North West Prov., Chue Spring (= Heuningvlei), about 26°15'S, 23°10'E. See Grubb (1999).

References

Burchell, W. J. 1817. Note sur une nouvelle espèce de Rhinocéros. Bulletin des Sciences par la Société Philomatique: 97.
Groves, C. P. 1972. Ceratotherium simum. Mammalian Species 8: 1–6.
Grubb, P. 1999. Types and type localities of ungulates named from southern Africa. Koedoe 42(2): 13–45.

Links

Ceratotherium simum in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Ceratotherium simum (Near Threatened)
Ceratotherium simum – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Witrenoster
беларуская: Белы насарог
Deutsch: Breitmaulnashorn
English: White rhinoceros
español: Rinoceronte blanco
suomi: Leveähuulisarvikuono
français: Rhinocéros blanc
magyar: Szélesszájú orrszarvú
日本語: ミナミシロサイ
မြန်မာဘာသာ: ကြံ့ဖြူ
polski: Nosorożec biały
português: Rinoceronte-branco
українська: Білий носоріг
中文: 白犀牛

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