rhinoceros

Also known as Rhinocerotidae, Rhinoceroses, rhino, 🦏, Rhinoceros platyrhinus

A rhinoceros ( ; ; ; : rhinoceros or rhinoceroses), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates (perissodactyls) in the family Rhinocerotidae. It is the only living family in the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea (whose members are also sometimes called rhinoceroses). Two of the extant species are native to Africa, and three to South and Southeast Asia.

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Rhinocerotidae is a family within the taxon Rhinocerotoidea, which belongs to the odd-toed ungulates. The taxonomic type for this group is Rhinoceros. This family is the source of the rhinoceros horn. It is listed in Appendix I of CITES. The taxon is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. The Unicode character for this subject is 🦏.

A distinct species, the European Rhinoceros Beetle, is classified as a species within the iconic taxon Insecta. This organism is not extinct. There are 21,889 observations recorded for it. Another entry, ? rhinoceros Slocom, 1913, is an unranked taxon in the family Lichidae, phylum Arthropoda, class Trilobita, and order Lichida. Records for Rhinocerotidae exist in the United States and France, held by institutions USNM and CM.

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Species

European Rhinoceros Beetle

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassTrilobita
OrderLichida
FamilyLichidae

Observations21,889

Observations recorded0

關於与「犀牛」名称相近或相同的条目，請見「犀牛 (消歧義)」。犀牛是犀科（学名：Rhinocerotidae）动物的總稱，属哺乳纲奇蹄目，主要分佈於非洲和東南亞。是最大的奇蹄目动物，也是体型仅次于大象的大型陆地动物。所有的犀牛基本上都是腿短和身体粗壮。体肥笨拙，体长2.2～4.5米，肩高1.2～2米；体重2800～3000公斤，皮厚粗糙，并于肩腰等处成褶皱排列；毛被稀少而硬，甚至大部无毛；耳呈卵圆形，头大而长，颈短粗，长唇延长伸出；头部有实心的独角或双角（有的雌性无角），起源于真皮，角脱落仍能复生；无犬齿；尾细短，身体呈黄褐、褐、黑或灰色。現存的4属5种的犀牛除白犀牛外，都瀕臨絕種，其中以爪哇犀牛的數目最少，約50頭左右；而黑犀牛也只有约1萬到3萬頭。這些居住於亞洲與非洲的犀牛面臨原生棲地破壞，東亞的犀牛角買家與歐美狩獵觀光者的威脅zzz

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 546
With media: 32
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Collections: USNM, CM
Recorded in: United States, France

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Encyclopedic overview

28 sections

Contents

Taxonomy and naming
Description
Behaviour and ecology
Extant species
White
Black
Indian
Javan
Sumatran
Evolution
Subfamilies and genera
Predators, poaching and hunting
Horn use
Horn trade
Conservation
Ways to prevent poaching
Horn removal
Horn poisoning
Artificial substitute for rhinoceros horn
Historical representations
See also
Conservation
Individual rhinoceroses
Literature
Other
References
Further reading
External links

Rhinoceroses are some of the largest remaining megafauna: all weigh over half a tonne in adulthood. They have a herbivorous diet, small brains for mammals of their size, one or two horns, and a thick , protective skin formed from layers of collagen positioned in a lattice structure. They generally eat leafy material, although their ability to ferment food in their hindgut allows them to subsist on more fibrous plant matter when necessary. Unlike other perissodactyls, the two African species of rhinoceros lack teeth at the front of their mouths; they rely instead on their lips to pluck food.

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