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)

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.