Rhinocerotoidea

Common card · No. 418298

Rhinocerotoidea is a superfamily of perissodactyls which includes the living rhinoceroses and their extinct relatives. In addition to rhinoceroses (Rhinocerotidae), Rhinocerotoidea also comprises at least three extinct families: the Amynodontidae, Hyracodontidae, and Paraceratheriidae. The relationships between the different groups are not well resolved, and two additional extinct families are sometimes recognized, the Eggysodontidae and Forstercooperiidae. Extinct non-rhinocerotid members of the group are sometimes considered rhinoceroses in a broad sense. Although the term 'rhinoceroses' is sometimes used to refer to all of these, a less ambiguous vernacular term for this group is 'rhinocerotoids'. Rhinocerotidae are sometimes called "true rhinoceroses" to distinguish them from other rhinocerotoids.

Read on Wikipedia · Image Rodrigo J De Marco, CC0