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Taxon: Family Rhinocerotidae Gray, 1821 - rhinoceroses (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Perissodactyla

Subsequent positions

Rhinocerotoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825

Original entries

Questionably Aceratheriinae (Subfamily) Dollo, 1885
Questionably Amynodontinae (Subfamily) Scott & Osborn, 1883
Questionably Itanzatherium (Genus) Belyaeva, 1966
Questionably Rhinocerotinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821
Questionably Teletaceras (Genus) Hanson, 1989

Current position

Rhinocerotoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 480.

Alternative positions

Ceratomorpha (Suborder) Wood, 1937 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Rhinocerotidea (Superfamily) Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Rhinocerotidea (Superfamily) Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Historical positions

Ceratomorpha (Suborder) Wood, 1937 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: P. Grubb, 2005: 634.
Rhinocerotoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 480.
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: 1995
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 371; 6.
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 124.
Rhinocerotoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 645.
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1057-1058.
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Rhinocerotidea (Superfamily) Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Ceratomorpha (Suborder) Wood, 1937 Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 4g;5s;13ss; ‡1g;1ss; †44g;24s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 28 Jan 2015 [4g;5s;13ss; ‡1g; †44g]
2011 D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59 4g;5s
2005 P. Grubb: 636 [4g;5s;13ss; ‡1ss]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [4g; ‡1g; †67g]
1993 P. Grubb 4g;5s
1991 G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill [4g];5s
1982 A.F. DeBlase 4g;5s
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Last updated: 1 Feb 2024