Rhinocerotoidea
| Rhinocerotoidea Temporal range: Latest Paleocene-Present
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| A female Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) at the San Diego Zoo | |
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| A male Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) at the Saint Louis Zoo | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
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References
- ^ "Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
- ^ 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.