Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis

Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene–Late Pleistocene
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Mostly complete skull from Germany
Diagram of skull from Russia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: †Stephanorhinus
Species:
†S. kirchbergensis
Binomial name
†Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis
(Jäger, 1839)
Synonyms
List
  • Coelodonta merckii
    (Kaup, 1841)
  • Dicerorhinus merckii
    (Kaup, 1841)
  • Dc. m. var. brachycephala
    Schroeder, 1903
  • Dc. kirchbergensis
    (Jäger, 1839)
  • Dc. k. var. brachycephala
    Schroeder, 1903
  • Dihoplus kirchbergensis
    (Jäger, 1839)
  • R. incisivus
    Merck, 1784
  • R. kirchbergense
    Jäger, 1839
  • R. leptorhinus
    Cuvier, 1836
  • R. megarhinus
    de Christol, 1834
  • R. merckii (or mercki, merki)
    Kaup, 1841
  • R. m. var. brachycephala
    Schroeder, 1903
  • R. (Tichorhinus) merckii
    (Kaup, 1841)
  • Stephanorhinus yunchuchenensis (Chow, 1963)
  • Dicerorhinus nipponicus

Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis, also known as Merck's rhinoceros (or the less commonly, the forest rhinoceros) is an extinct species of rhinoceros belonging to the genus Stephanorhinus from the Early-Middle to Late Pleistocene of Eurasia. Its range spanned from Western Europe to Eastern Asia. Among the last members of the genus, it co-existed alongside Stephanorhinus hemitoechus (the narrow-nosed or steppe rhinoceros) in the western part of its range.