Family RHINOCEROTIDAE (RHINOCEROSES) • Very large mammals with distinct horns, long ears tipped with hair, three toes, small tail, thick skin, and often with distinct skin folds on body. • 240-500 cm. • Afrotropical and Indo-Malayan Regions. • Tropical montane, lowland, and mangrove forests, short grassland, tall alluvial grassland, savanna, woodland, semi-desert, and scrub. • 4 genera, 5 species, at least 9 extant taxa. • 3 species Critically Endangered, 1 species Vulnerable; 1 subspecies Extinct in the Wild; 2 subspecies possibly Extinct and 1 subspecies Extinct since 1600.

Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2011, Rhinocerotidae, pp. 144-181 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 2 Hoofed Mammals, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 144, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5720730