| Peraceras Temporal range: | |
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| Peraceras superciliosus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Subfamily: | † Aceratheriinae |
| Genus: | † Peraceras Cope, 1880 |
| Species | |
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Peraceras is an extinct genus of rhinocerotids endemic to North America. It lived during the Miocene, living from 16.0 to 10.3 mya, existing for approximately 6 million years. [1]
A rhinoceros, commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae; it can also refer to a member of any of the extinct species of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea. Two of the extant species are native to Africa, and three to South and Southeast Asia.
Aceratheriinae is an extinct subfamily of rhinoceros endemic to Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America, from the Oligocene through the Pliocene. It lived from 33.9 to 3.4 mya, existing for approximately 30.5 million years.
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