Diceros
Diceros (Greek: "two" (dio), "horn" (keratos)) is a genus of rhinoceros containing the extant black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and several extinct species.
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Diceros (Greek: "two" (dio), "horn" (keratos)) is a genus of rhinoceros containing the extant black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and several extinct species.
==Taxonomy== Diceros is more closely related to the genus Ceratotherium (which contains the white rhinoceros) than it is to other living rhinoceroses, with the clade containing the two comprising the tribe Dicerotini (also spelled Diceroti) or subtribe Dicerotina.