''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 species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. (It can also refer to a member of any of the extinct specie ...

containing the living

black rhinoceros The black rhinoceros, black rhino or hook-lipped rhinoceros (''Diceros bicornis'') is a species of rhinoceros, native to eastern and southern Africa including Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania ...

''(Diceros bicornis)'' and at least one extinct species.

Taxonomy

''Diceros'' is generally believed to have branched off from an early species of ''

Ceratotherium ''Ceratotherium'' (Greek: "horn" (keratos), "beast" (therion)) is a genus of the family Rhinocerotidae, consisting of a single extant species, the white rhinoceros, and its extinct relatives, ''Ceratotherium neumayri'' and ''Ceratotherium maurit ...

'', 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