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Also known as "Dihoplus" pikermiensis, Dihoplus schleiermacheri

Dihoplus is an extinct genus of rhinoceros that lived in Eurasia from the Late Miocene to Pliocene.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderPerissodactyla
  5. FamilyRhinocerotidae

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Dihoplus is an extinct genus of rhinoceros that lived in Eurasia from the Late Miocene to Pliocene.

== Description == left|thumb|Skull of a subadult Dihoplus pikermiensis from Greece Species of Dihoplus were large rhinoceroses, with the body masses of Dihoplus schleiermacheri and Dihoplus pikermiensis estimated at and respectively. The head bore two horns. The nasal septum was not ossified, with a nasal notch above the frontmost premolars. The toothrow is placed posteriorly within the skull. The first upper premolar is absent, though the lower second incisor is present.

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