Diceros praecox

Diceros praecox
Temporal range: Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Diceros
Species:
†D. praecox
Binomial name
†Diceros praecox
Hooijer & Patterson, 1972
Synonyms

Ceratotherium praecox

Diceros praecox is an extinct species of rhinoceros that lived in Africa during the Pliocene, around 4 million years ago.[1] It has been suggested to be the direct ancestor of the living black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis).[2]

  1. ^ Kingdon, Jonathan (2013). Mammals of Africa: Volumes I-VI. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 455. ISBN 9781408189962.
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