Definition of Diceros simus

1. Noun. Large light-grey African rhinoceros having two horns; endangered; sometimes placed in genus Diceros.

Exact synonyms: Ceratotherium Simum, White Rhinoceros
Generic synonyms: Rhino, Rhinoceros

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diceros Simus

Dias
Diaspididae
Diaspora
Diatomophyceae
Diaz
Dibothriocephalus
Dibothriocephalus latus
Dibranchia
Dicamptodon ensatus
Dicamptodontidae
Dicentra canadensis
Dicentra cucullaria
Dicentra spectabilis
Diceros
Diceros bicornis
Diceros simus
Dichelobacter nodosus
Dichondra micrantha

Literary usage of Diceros simus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"... to the large " white," or Burchell's, rhinoceros, which still lingers in East and South- Central Africa (diceros simus, the Square-lipped). ..."

2. British Museum Guides: Vertrbrates by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"Of the two species, the larger is the White Rhinoceros, also known as Burchell's or the Square-mouthed Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros [Diceros] simus, 1002, fig. ..."

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