What is Rhinoceros (genus)?
{{Taxobox | name = Rhinoceros (genus) | image = Greater one-horned rhinoceros at Chitwan.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Indian rhinoceros ('''Rhinoceros unicornis''') | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Perissodactyla]] | familia = [[Rhinocerotidae]] | genus = '''''Rhinoceros''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758 | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = ''[[Indian Rhinoceros|Rhinoceros unicornis]]''<br> ''[[Javan Rhinoceros|Rhinoceros sondaicus]]'' }} The genus '''''Rhinoceros''''' of the family Rhinocerotidae includes the one-horned [[rhinoceros]]es, of which there are two extant species: the [[Indian Rhinoceros|Indian rhinoceros]] (''R. unicornis'') and the [[Javan Rhinoceros|Javan rhinoceros]] (''R. sondaicus''). These are characterized by one horn (actually thickly matted hair) on the upper snout. {{biology-stub}} [[category:Rhinoceroses]]