- Rhinoceros (genus)
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Rhinoceros 
Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Perissodactyla Family: Rhinocerotidae Genus: Rhinoceros
Linnaeus, 1758Species The members of the genus Rhinoceros are the one-horned rhinoceroses. The word "rhinoceros" is of Greek origin; "rhino" meaning "nose", and "ceros" meaning "horn". The genus contains two species, the Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) and the Javan Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus). Although both members are endangered, the Javan Rhinoceros is one of the most endangered large mammals in the world with only 60 individuals surviving in Java (Indonesia).
Extant Perissodactyla (Odd-toed ungulates) species by suborder Kingdom Animalia · Phylum Chordata · Class Mammalia · Infraclass Eutheria · Superorder LaurasiatheriaHippomorphaEquidae
(Horse family)Equus
(including Zebras)Subgenus Equus: Wild horse (E. ferus) · Domestic Horse (E. ferus caballus)
Subgenus Asinus: African Wild Ass (E. africanus) · Donkey (E. asinus) · Onager (E. hemionus) · Kiang (E. kiang)
Subgenus Dolichohippus: Grévy's Zebra (E. grevyi)
Subgenus Hippotigris: Plains Zebra (E. quagga) · Mountain Zebra (E. zebra)CeratomorphaRhinocerotidae
(Rhinoceroses)RhinocerosTapiridae
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