''Peraceras'' is an extinct

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

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 ...

endemic to North America. It lived during the

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recent" ...

, living from 16.0 to 10.3 mya, existing for approximately .''Peraceras'' at fossilworks
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Species

* ''Peraceras hessei'' Prothero & Manning 1987 * ''Peraceras profectum'' Matthew 1899 * ''Peraceras superciliosus'' Cope 1880

References

Miocene rhinoceroses Tortonian extinctions Miocene mammals of North America Aquitanian genus first appearances Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope Fossil taxa described in 1880 {{paleo-oddtoedungulate-stub