Definition of Ceratotherium

1. Noun. African genus.

Exact synonyms: Genus Ceratotherium
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Rhinocerotidae, Rhinoceros Family, Rhinocerotidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceratotherium

Ceratopetalum
Ceratopetalum gummiferum
Ceratophyllaceae
Ceratophyllidae
Ceratophyllum
Ceratophyllus
Ceratopogon
Ceratopsia
Ceratopsidae
Ceratopteris
Ceratopteris pteridioides
Ceratopteris thalictroides
Ceratostomataceae
Ceratostomella
Ceratostomella ulmi
Ceratotherium (current term)
Ceratotherium simum
Cerberean
Cerberian
Cerberus
Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Cercidium
Cercidium floridum
Cercis
Cercis canadenis
Cercis occidentalis
Cercomonas
Cercopidae

Literary usage of Ceratotherium

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

1. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"Ceratotherium. Head elongate, produced behind ; forehead flat; nose very broad, square at the end; upper lip bovine, rounded. Horns two, very unequal, ..."

2. Life-histories of African Game Animals by Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Heller (1914)
"The genus Diceros, of which the black rhinoceros is the type, differs almost as radically from the other African genus, Ceratotherium, or white rhinoceros, ..."

3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1876)
"As the termination of such a term as Ceratotherium, by common consent of zoologists, has hitherto been restricted to extinct generi, its application to li ..."

4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1867)
"Ceratotherium. Head elongate, produced behind ; forehead flat ; nose very broad, square at the end ; upper lip bovine, rounded, Horns two, very unequal, ..."

5. Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookedited by Charles Morris edited by Charles Morris (1921)
"... the white rhinoceros (R. or Ceratotherium £imu*i. and the Koba- oba or long-horned, white rhinoceros (A. or ('. ..."

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