Ceratotherium Temporal range:
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A white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) in Etosha National Park, Namibia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
Tribe: | Dicerotini |
Genus: | Ceratotherium Gray, 1868 |
Species | |
For others, see text |
Ceratotherium (Greek: "horn" (keratos), "beast" (therion)[2]) is a genus of the family Rhinocerotidae, consisting of a single extant species, the white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), as well as several fossil species.