Ceratotherium mauritanicum

Ceratotherium mauritanicum (Pomel, 1888), is a fossil African rhinoceros thought to be the ancestor of the extant White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), with transitional forms being found in East Africa ^[1].

References

1. ^ PLIOCENE RHINOCEROTIDAE (MAMMALIA) FROM HADAR AND DIKIKA (LOWER AWASH, ETHIOPIA). AND REVISION OF THE ORIGIN OF MODERN AFRICAN RHINOS, Denis Geraads, 2005

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