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Diceros
Sign in to saveDiceros (Greek: "two" (dio), "horn" (keratos)) is a genus of rhinoceros containing the extant black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and several extinct species.
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Diceros (Greek: "two" (dio), "horn" (keratos)[1]) is a genus of rhinoceros containing the living black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and at least one extinct species.[2] Taxonomy Diceros is generally believed to have branched off from an early species of Ceratotherium, specifically C. neumayri.[3] However an even older species than C. neumayri from the Miocene has been placed in Diceros (D.australis). D. praecox is considered the direct ancestor of the black rhinoceros. References ^ "Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. ^ Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 679. ISBN 9780520257214. ^ Geraads, Denis (2005). "Pliocene Rhinocerotidae (Mammalia) from Hadar and Dikka (Lower Awash, Ethiopia), and a revision of the origin of modern African rhinos" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (2): 451–461. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0451:PRMFHA]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4524458. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diceros&oldid=1111233181"
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- Rhinocerotidae
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- UCMP, LACM, AMNH
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- Malawi, Kenya
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Diceros (Greek: "two" (dio), "horn" (keratos)) is a genus of rhinoceros containing the extant black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and several extinct species.
==Taxonomy== Diceros is more closely related to the genus Ceratotherium (which contains the white rhinoceros) than it is to other living rhinoceroses, with the clade containing the two comprising the tribe Dicerotini (also spelled Diceroti) or subtribe Dicerotina.
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