''Diceros'' (Greek: "two" (dio), "horn" (keratos)) is a genus of

rhinoceros A rhinoceros (; ; ), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant taxon, extant species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates in the family (biology), family Rhinocerotidae. (It can also refer to a member ...

containing the living black rhinoceros ''(Diceros bicornis)'' and at least one extinct species.

Taxonomy

''Diceros'' is generally believed to have branched off from an early species of '' Ceratotherium'', specifically '' C. neumayri''. However an even older species than ''C. neumayri'' from the Miocene has been placed in ''Diceros'' ''( D.australis)''. '' D. praecox'' is considered the direct ancestor of the black rhinoceros.

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* * Rhinoceroses Mammal genera Mammal genera with one living species Taxa named by John Edward Gray Taxa described in 1821 {{Oddtoedungulate-stub