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{{Short description|Superfamily of mammals}}
{{Short description|Superfamily of animals}}
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| name = Rhinocerotoidea
| name = Rhinocerotoidea
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|56|0|earliest=63}}[[Paleocene|Latest Paleocene]]-[[Holocene|Present]]
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|56|0|earliest=63}}[[Paleocene|Latest Paleocene]]-[[Holocene|Present]]
| image = Diceros bicornis.jpg
| image = RhinoAtSDZ.jpg
| image_caption = A [[Black rhinoceros]] (''Diceros bicornis'') at the [[Saint Louis Zoo]]
| image_caption = A female [[Black rhinoceros]] (''Diceros bicornis'') at the [[San Diego Zoo]]
| image2 = Diceros bicornis.jpg
| image2_caption = A male [[Black rhinoceros]] (''Diceros bicornis'') at the [[Saint Louis Zoo]]
| taxon = Rhinocerotoidea
| taxon = Rhinocerotoidea
| authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1821
| authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1821

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Rhinocerotoidea
Temporal range: 56–0 Ma Latest Paleocene-Present
A female Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) at the San Diego Zoo
A male Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) at the Saint Louis Zoo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Suborder: Ceratomorpha
Superfamily: Rhinocerotoidea
Gray, 1821

Rhinocerotoids (superfamily Rhinocerotoidea; Latin: Rhinoceros-like superfamily[1]) are odd-toed ungulates consisting of three family groups, three of which, the Amynodontidae, Hyracodontidae, and Paraceratheriidae, are extinct. The only extant family group is the Rhinocerotidae (true rhinoceroses), which survives as five living species. The extinct members of this superfamily are often called "rhinoceroses" alongside members of the family Rhinocerotidae, though they include genera, such as Paraceratherium, which do not closely resemble modern rhinoceroses.

Taxonomy

The cladogram below follows a phylogenetic analysis by Bai et al. (2020):[2]

Rhinocerotoidea
(sensu lato)

References

  1. ^ "Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Bai, B.; Meng, J.; Zhang, C.; Gong, Y.-X.; Wang, Y.-Q. (2020). "The origin of Rhinocerotoidea and phylogeny of Ceratomorpha (Mammalia, Perissodactyla)". Communications Biology. 3 (1): 509. doi:10.1038/s42003-020-01205-8.