Rhinocerotoidea
Translingual
Etymology
Rhinoceros + -idae
Proper noun
Rhinocerotoidea
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Perissodactyla – true rhinoceroses and close extinct relatives.
Usage notes
- Different groups of extinct genera not assigned to any family are assigned to Rhinocerotoidea sense lato and sensu stricto. See Rhinocerotoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for more.
Hypernyms
- (superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria – infraclass; Perissodactyla – order; Tapiromorpha – clade; Ceratomorpha – suborder
Hyponyms
- (superfamily): Rhinocerotidae (true rhinoceross) – sole extant family
- †Amynodontidae, †Eggysodontidae, †Forstercooperiidae, †Hyracodontidae, †Paraceratheriidae – extinct families
Coordinate terms
- (superfamily): Tapiroidea – superfamily
References
- Rhinocerotoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Rhinocerotoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Rhinocerotoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- “Rhinocerotoidea”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026