Rhinoceros (genus)

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iRhinoceros
Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Rhinoceros
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Species

Rhinoceros unicornis

Rhinoceros sondaicus

The members of the genus Rhinoceros are the one-horned rhinoceroses. The genus contains two species, the Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) and the Javan Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus). The Javan Rhinoceros is one of the most endangered large mammals in the world with only 60 indiviuals surviving.

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