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[td]|''Rhinoceros sinensis''[/td] [td]|Southern China<ref>Rookmaaker, L. C. (2006). Distribution and extinction of the rhinoceros in China: review of recent Chinese publications. ''Pachyderm'', 40, 101-105.</ref>[/td]
[td]|Southern China<ref>Rookmaaker, L. C. (2006). Distribution and extinction of the rhinoceros in China: review of recent Chinese publications. ''Pachyderm'', 40, 101-105.</ref>[/td] [td]|Most recent remains dated to the Early Holocene (12-8,500 years ago) of Panlong Cave, [[Guangxi]].<ref>Li, Z. W. et al. (2022). East Asian summer monsoon changes in subtropical China since late Pleistocene: Evidence from the Ailuropoda-Stegodon fauna. ''Journal of Mountain Science'', 19(2), 418-432.</ref> However, this species has been used as a [[wastebasket taxon]] in the past and remains of [[Merck's rhinoceros]] and [[Sumatran rhinoceros]] have been misdiagnosed as it, urging its revision. Some authors consider ''R. sinensis'' a synonym of the [[Indian rhinoceros]] (''R. unicornis'').<ref>CHEN, S., PANG, L., YAN, Y., WEI, G., & YUE, Z. (2021). First discovery of Dicerorhinus sumatrensis from Yanjinggou provides insights into the Pleistocene Rhinocerotidae of South China. ''Acta Geologica SinicaβEnglish Edition'', 95(4), 1065-1072.</ref>[/td]
[td]|Most recent remains dated to the Early Holocene (12-8,500 years ago) of Panlong Cave, [[Guangxi]].<ref>Li, Z. W. et al. (2022). East Asian summer monsoon changes in subtropical China since late Pleistocene: Evidence from the Ailuropoda-Stegodon fauna. ''Journal of Mountain Science'', 19(2), 418-432.</ref> However, this species has been used as a [[wastebasket taxon]] in the past and remains of [[Merck's rhinoceros]] and [[Sumatran rhinoceros]] have been misassigned to it, urging its revision. Some authors consider ''R. sinensis'' a synonym of the [[Indian rhinoceros]] (''R. unicornis'').<ref>CHEN, S., PANG, L., YAN, Y., WEI, G., & YUE, Z. (2021). First discovery of Dicerorhinus sumatrensis from Yanjinggou provides insights into the Pleistocene Rhinocerotidae of South China. ''Acta Geologica SinicaβEnglish Edition'', 95(4), 1065-1072.</ref>[/td] [td]|[/td]
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[/td][td]|''Rhinoceros sinensis''[/td] [td]|Southern China<ref>Rookmaaker, L. C. (2006). Distribution and extinction of the rhinoceros in China: review of recent Chinese publications. ''Pachyderm'', 40, 101-105.</ref>[/td]
[td]|Southern China<ref>Rookmaaker, L. C. (2006). Distribution and extinction of the rhinoceros in China: review of recent Chinese publications. ''Pachyderm'', 40, 101-105.</ref>[/td] [td]|Most recent remains dated to the Early Holocene (12-8,500 years ago) of Panlong Cave, [[Guangxi]].<ref>Li, Z. W. et al. (2022). East Asian summer monsoon changes in subtropical China since late Pleistocene: Evidence from the Ailuropoda-Stegodon fauna. ''Journal of Mountain Science'', 19(2), 418-432.</ref> However, this species has been used as a [[wastebasket taxon]] in the past and remains of [[Merck's rhinoceros]] and [[Sumatran rhinoceros]] have been misdiagnosed as it, urging its revision. Some authors consider ''R. sinensis'' a synonym of the [[Indian rhinoceros]] (''R. unicornis'').<ref>CHEN, S., PANG, L., YAN, Y., WEI, G., & YUE, Z. (2021). First discovery of Dicerorhinus sumatrensis from Yanjinggou provides insights into the Pleistocene Rhinocerotidae of South China. ''Acta Geologica SinicaβEnglish Edition'', 95(4), 1065-1072.</ref>[/td]
[td]|Most recent remains dated to the Early Holocene (12-8,500 years ago) of Panlong Cave, [[Guangxi]].<ref>Li, Z. W. et al. (2022). East Asian summer monsoon changes in subtropical China since late Pleistocene: Evidence from the Ailuropoda-Stegodon fauna. ''Journal of Mountain Science'', 19(2), 418-432.</ref> However, this species has been used as a [[wastebasket taxon]] in the past and remains of [[Merck's rhinoceros]] and [[Sumatran rhinoceros]] have been misassigned to it, urging its revision. Some authors consider ''R. sinensis'' a synonym of the [[Indian rhinoceros]] (''R. unicornis'').<ref>CHEN, S., PANG, L., YAN, Y., WEI, G., & YUE, Z. (2021). First discovery of Dicerorhinus sumatrensis from Yanjinggou provides insights into the Pleistocene Rhinocerotidae of South China. ''Acta Geologica SinicaβEnglish Edition'', 95(4), 1065-1072.</ref>[/td] [td]|[/td]
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