 Reference Base  The mammals of the Indomalayan region: a systematic review |
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Taxonomy - Evolution |
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Asian Rhino Species |
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The following nominal fossil species and subspecies have been described from the region:
R. sivalensis Falconer & Cautley, 1847:pl. 73; Upper Siwaliks.
R. platyrhinus Falconer & Cautley, 1847:pls 72, 75; Upper Siwaliks (in Coelodonta: Badam, 1979).
R. palaeindicus Falconer & Cautley, 1847:pl. 73; Upper Siwaliks.
R. perimensis Falconer & Cautley, 1847:pls 75, 76; Perim (= Peram) I, Gulf of Cambay, Gujarat, India; Middle Siwaliks (in Aceratherium: Hooijer, 1946).
R. namadicus Falconer, 1868: 21; Narbada, India.
R. sinensis Owen, 1870: 424, pl. 29; Sichuan, China.
R. deccanensis Foote, 1874: 1; Gokak, Belgaum dist, India.
R. iravadicus Lydekker, 1876: 18 (=36); Prome, Burma (in Aceratherium perimensis: Hooijer, 1946).
R. planidens Lydekker, 1878a: 95; Padri, Punjab, Pakistan (in Aceratherium perimensis: Hooijer, 1946).
R. sivalensis var. gajensis Lydekker, 1881: 40; Lower Siwaliks.
R. karnuliensis Lydekker, 1886a: 121; Karnul Caves, S India.
R. kendengindicus Dubois, 1908: 1259; Kendeng, Java.
R. sinhaleyus Deraniyagala, 1939b: 235; Talavitaya, Sri Lanka.
R. philippinensis Koenigswald, 1956; Cagayan, Philippines. Likely to belong to a genus of the subfamily Aceratheriinae, not Rhinoceros (Groves, 1985a).
R. kagavena Deraniyagala, 1958: 116,122; Hiriliyidda, Talavitiya, Sabaragamuva Prov., Sri Lanka; Pleistocene.
R. barinagalensis Srivastava & Verina, 1972: 77; Chandigarh, Haryana, India; Pleistocene.
R. (Gaindatherium) vidali Heissig, 1972: 24; Nagri, Salt Range, Pakistan; Tertiary (Middle Siwaliks).
R. sinensis hayasakai Otsuka & Lin, 1984: 9; Taiwan.
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