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Rhinoceros kagavena Deraniyagala, 1956

Sri Lankan rhinoceros

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

 

Distribution

Sri Lanka

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Chauhan, Parth R. (2008). Large mammal fossil occurrences and associated archaeological evidence in Pleistocene contexts of peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Quaternary International 192: 20-42, 7 figs, 3 tabs.

Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]

 

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