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Description
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Habitat
Ecology: This animal mainly inhabits rainforest in hilly and mountainous areas.[1]
List of Habitats
:1.5Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1766) Mckenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Altungulata
()
- (Prothero & Schoch, 1989) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Perissodactyla
()
- Owen, 1848
- Odd-Toed Ungulates
- Suborder:
Ceratomorpha
()
- Wood, 1937
- Infraorder:
Tapiromorpha
()
- (Haeckel, 1866) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superfamily:
Rhinocerotoidea
()
- (Gray, 1825) Gill, 1872
- Family:
Rhinocerotidae
()
- (Gray, 1821) Owen, 1845:587
- Genus:
Dicerorhinus
()
- Specific name:
sumatrensis
- Subspecies:
lasiotis
- Scientific name: - Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis
- Subspecies:
lasiotis
- Specific name:
sumatrensis
- Genus:
Dicerorhinus
(
- Family:
Rhinocerotidae
(
- Superfamily:
Rhinocerotoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Tapiromorpha
(
- Suborder:
Ceratomorpha
(
- Order:
Perissodactyla
(
- Mirorder:
Altungulata
(
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Dicerorhinus
There are approximately 23 species in this genus:
D. caucasicus · D. etruscus · D. hemitoechus · D. hispanicus · D. jeanvireti · D. kirchbergensis · D. leakeyi · D. megarhinus · D. mercki · D. merckii · D. merki · D. orientalis · D. pikermiensis · D. primaevus · D. ringstromi · D. sansaniensis · D. schleiermacheri · D. sumatrensis (Sumatran Rhinoceros) · D. sumatrensis harrissoni · D. sumatrensis lasiotis · D. sumatrensis sumatra · D. sumatrensis sumatrensis (Sumatran Rhinoceros) · D. tagicus
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Asian Rhino Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
- Foose, T.J. and van Strien, N. (eds) 1997. Asian Rhinos. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Asian Rhino Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
Notes
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Contributors
- Asian Rhino Specialist Group 1996. Dicerorhinus sumatrensis ssp. lasiotis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3345926
- IUCN ID: 6554
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1018746
Footnotes
- Asian Rhino Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
