Taxonomy Profile: Diceros bicornis bicornis (Linnaeus 1758)

Diceros bicornis bicornis: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Subspecies
Synonym(s):
Rhinoceros africanus
Blumenbach 1797
Rhinoceros camperi
Schinz 1845
Rhinoceros gordoni
Lesson 1842
Rhinoceros keitloa
A Smith 1836
Rhinoceros niger
Schinz 1845
Rhinoceros bicornis
Linnaeus 1758
Atelodus bicornis platyceros
Brandt 1878
Atelodus bicornis plesioceros
Brandt 1878
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Diceros bicornis bicornis: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Perissodactyla
antas |
Odd-toed Ungulates |
Family : Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceroses |
rhinos |
Genus : Diceros
Species : Diceros bicornis
Black Rhinoceros |
African black rhinoceros |
Diceros bicornis bicornis Direct Children(s):
Diceros bicornis bicornis: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2000
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Diceros bicornis bicornis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Hillman-Smith, A. K. Kes, and Colin P. Groves
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1994-06-02 / 1994-06-02
Article/Chapter Title:
Diceros bicornis
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammalian Species, no. 455
Page(s):
1-8
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1545-1410
Notes:
Available online at http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/default.html
Reference for:
Diceros bicornis bicornis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Groves, Colin, and Peter Grubb
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2011-01-01 / 2011-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Ungulate Taxonomy
Page(s):
ix + 317
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-4214-0093-6/
Notes:
Reference for:
Diceros bicornis bicornis
Diceros bicornis bicornis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Diceros bicornis bicornis: Comments
Comment:
Noted by Groves & Grubb (2011:24) as a long extinct subspecies, not to be confused with the still-extant Namibian population (D. bicornis occidentalis)