Dicerorhinus

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Dicerorhinus is a genus of rhinoceros that includes the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, the smallest and most primitive living rhino species.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dicerorhinus canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
commonName Sumatran rhinoceros genus ⓘ
linked to: Sumatran rhinoceros
conservationStatusOfGenusMembers critically endangered ⓘ
describedBy Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger ⓘ
diet herbivorous ⓘ
domain Eukaryota ⓘ
linked to: Eukarya
etymology from Greek di (two), keras (horn), rhinos (nose) ⓘ
family Rhinocerotidae ⓘ
habitat montane forest ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasCharacteristic forest-dwelling rhinoceros genus ⓘ
most primitive living rhinoceros lineage ⓘ
smallest living rhinoceros species in this genus ⓘ
solitary behavior in wild populations ⓘ
two horns ⓘ
hasExtantSpeciesCount 1 ⓘ
hasLivingSpecies Dicerorhinus sumatrensis ⓘ
linked to: Sumatran rhinoceros
hasNotableSpecies Sumatran rhinoceros ⓘ
historicalRange Southeast Asia ⓘ
parts of East Asia ⓘ
parts of South Asia ⓘ
includesTaxon Dicerorhinus sumatrensis ⓘ
linked to: Sumatran rhinoceros
IUCNStatusOfRepresentativeSpecies Critically Endangered ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
memberOf Rhinocerotidae ⓘ
namedAfter Greek words di, keras, rhinos ⓘ
nativeRange Borneo ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
Sumatra ⓘ
order Perissodactyla ⓘ
parentTaxon Rhinocerotidae ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
relatedTo Ceratotherium ⓘ
Diceros ⓘ
Rhinoceros ⓘ
Rhinocerotinae ⓘ
linked to: Rhinocerotidae
reproduction viviparous ⓘ
taxonAuthor Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
threat habitat loss ⓘ
poaching ⓘ
small population size and fragmentation ⓘ
typeSpecies Dicerorhinus sumatrensis ⓘ
linked to: Sumatran rhinoceros
yearDescribed 1841 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sumatran rhinoceros → genus → Dicerorhinus ⓘ
Rhinocerotidae → includesGenus → Dicerorhinus ⓘ
Ceratotherium → relatedTo → Dicerorhinus ⓘ