Rhinoceros
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Rhinoceros unicornis
See also: rhinoceros
Translingual
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Etymology
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Proper noun
Rhinoceros m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rhinocerotidae – one-horned rhinoceroses.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria – infraclass; Perissodactyla – order; Ceratomorpha – suborder; Rhinocerotoidea – superfamily; Rhinocerotidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Rhinoceros unicornis (Indian rhinoceros) – type species; Rhinoceros sondaicus (Javan rhinoceros) – other extant species
References
Rhinoceros (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Rhinoceros on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Rhinoceros on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Rhinoceros in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Rhinoceros at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Rhinoceros at the Catalogue of Life
- Rhinoceros at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Rhinoceros at the Open Tree of Life Web Project
- Rhinoceros at Paleobiology Database
- Rhinoceros available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
