''Dihoplus'' is an extinct genus of rhinoceros that lived in Eurasia from the

Late Miocene The Late Miocene (also known as Upper Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene epoch (geology), Epoch made up of two faunal stage, stages. The Tortonian and Messinian stages comprise the Late Miocene sub-epoch, which lasted from 11.63 Ma (million ye ...

Early Pleistocene The Early Pleistocene is an unofficial sub-epoch in the international geologic timescale in chronostratigraphy, being the earliest division of the Pleistocene Epoch within the ongoing Quaternary Period. It is currently estimated to span the time ...

. They were moderately large rhinoceros, with two horns and large, thick nasal bones. Members of ''Dihoplus'' were long placed in '' Dicerorhinus'' (which contains the living Sumatran rhinoceros). Sometimes these species are placed in the related '' Stephanorhinus''. The genus is now generally considered distinct, though there is still debate as to which species should be included; for example, Deng (2011) listed Merck's rhinoceros ''(

Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis ''Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis'', also known as Merck's rhinoceros or the forest rhinoceros, is an extinct species of rhino known from the Middle Pleistocene, Middle to Late Pleistocene of Eurasia. One of the last members of the genus ''Stephano ...

)'' under ''Dihoplus''.

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