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Diceros praecox
| Diceros praecox Temporal range: Pliocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | Diceros |
| Species: | †D. praecox
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| Binomial name | |
| †Diceros praecox Hooijer & Patterson, 1972
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| Synonyms | |
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Ceratotherium praecox | |
Diceros praecox is an extinct species of rhinoceros that lived in Africa during the Pliocene, around 4 million years ago.[1] It has been suggested to be the direct ancestor of the living black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis).[2]
- ^ Kingdon, Jonathan (2013). Mammals of Africa: Volumes I-VI. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 455. ISBN 9781408189962.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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