Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Perissodactyla - (Family) Rhinocerotidae

Original position

Glires (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Belluae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758		Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 104. [assumed]
Rhinoceroti (Infratribe) Gray, 1821		Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 485.

Original entries

Rhinoceros bicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Rhinoceroti (Infratribe) Gray, 1821

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 485. [new position]

Alternative positions

Belluae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 104. [new position]
Glires (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 56. [new position]
Rhinocerotidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 372.
Rhinocerotinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: P. Grubb, 2005: 636. [implicit]
Rhinocerotinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Historical positions

Rhinocerotinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: P. Grubb, 2005: 636. [implicit]
Rhinoceroti (Infratribe) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 485. [new position]
Rhinocerotidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 372.
Rhinocerotidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 124.
Rhinocerotidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1057.
Rhinocerotidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Rhinocerotidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Belluae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 27, 104. [new position]
Glires (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 19, 56. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s;3ss; †2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 27 Jan 2015	[2s;3ss]
2005	P. Grubb: 636	[2s;3ss]
1993	P. Grubb	[2s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[2s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	[2s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[2s]