Dicerorhinus (Greek: "two" (dio), "horn" (keratos), "nose" (rhinos)[1]) is agenus of the familyRhinocerotidae, consisting of a single extantspecies, the two-hornedSumatran rhinoceros (D. sumatrensis), and severalextinct species. The genus likely originated from theLate Miocene of centralMyanmar.[2] Many species previously placed in this genus probably belong elsewhere.[3]
†Dicerorhinus fusuiensis[4][5] originally described asRhinocerosfusuiensis[6] Early Pleistocene, South China.
†Dicerorhinus gwebinensisZin-Maung-Maung-Thein et al., 2008 Known from a skull of Pliocene-Early Pleistocene age found in Myanmar.[7] Some authors have considered the skull not distinguishable from that ofD. sumatrensis.[8]
Historically,Dicerorhinus was awastebasket taxon. Revisions by several authors over the years have removed many species:
^Longuet, M.; Handa, N.; Zin-Maung- Maung-Thein; Thaung- Htike; Man-Thit- Nyein; Takai, M. (2024). "Post-cranial remains of Rhinocerotidae from the Neogene of central Myanmar: morphological descriptions and comparisons with ratios".Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology.doi:10.1080/08912963.2024.2408617.
^Antoine, P.-O.; Reyes, M. C.; Amano, N.; Bautista, A. P.; Chang, C.-H.; Claude, J.; De Vos, J.; Ingicco, T. (2021). "A new rhinoceros clade from the Pleistocene of Asia sheds light on mammal dispersals to the Philippines".Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.194 (2):416–430.doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab009.
^Handa, N.; Kohno, N.; Kudo, Y. (2019). "Reappraisal of a middle Pleistocene rhinocerotid (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the Matsugae Cave, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan".Historical Biology.33 (4):218–229.doi:10.1080/08912963.2019.1604699.S2CID145930245.
^Antoine, P. O. (2003). "Middle Miocene elasmotheriine Rhinocerotidae from China and Mongolia: Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic relationships".Zoologica Scripta.32 (2):95–118.doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00106.x.S2CID86800130.
^Deng, T.; Li, S., 2023. Restudy of Rhinocerotini fossils from the Miocene Jiulongkou fauna of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 61: 198-211 - DOI: 10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.230630
