Rhinocerotidae Author Don E. Wilson Author Russell A. Mittermeier text 2011 2011-08-31 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 2 Hoofed Mammals 144 181 book chapter 3339 10.5281/zenodo.5720730 1a09abc8-6f9e-4314-93e9-51d39a7518bf 978-84-96553-77-4 5720730 Family RHINOCEROTIDAE (RHINOCEROSES) • Very large mammals with distinct horns, long ears tipped with hair, three toes, small tail, thick skin, and often with distinct skin folds on body. • 240-500 cm. • Afrotropical and Indo-Malayan Regions. • Tropical montane, lowland, and mangrove forests, short grassland, tall alluvial grassland, savanna, woodland, semi-desert, and scrub. • 4 genera, 5 species, at least 9 extant taxa . • 3 species Critically Endangered, 1 species Vulnerable; 1 subspecies Extinct in the Wild; 2 subspecies possibly Extinct and 1 subspecies Extinct since 1600.