Ceratotherium simum (ungulate)

Mass: 1479 kg based on Harthoorn 1965

Diet: grazer based on Bothma et al. 2004

Abundance: 0.31 to 6.42% (median 3.03%)

Latitudinal range: -33.6° to 14.8°

Habitats: (5), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)

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Found in 6 samples

Eritrea: Uadi Aalad, Dandiero

Kenya: Karungu, Kibogo

Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park

South Africa: Duinefontein 2 Horizon 2

Size measurements:
♀ body mass1224699 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♀ body mass1133981 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♀ body mass1360777 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♀ body mass1360777 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♀ body mass1360777 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♀ body mass1542214 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♀ body mass1270059 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♀ body mass1133981 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♀ body mass1360777 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♀ body mass1360777 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♀ body mass1270059 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♀ body mass1315418 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♀ body mass1360777 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♀ body mass136077 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♀ body mass1360777 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♂ body mass2041166 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♂ body mass2041166 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♂ body mass2041166 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♂ body mass1587573 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♂ body mass1814369 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♂ body mass1814369 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♂ body mass2267962 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♂ body mass1814369 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♂ body mass2041166 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♂ body mass2267962 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♂ body mass2267962 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♂ body mass1587573 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♂ body mass2041166 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♂ body mass2267962 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965

See also Ceratotherium, Ceratotherium mauritanicum, Ceratotherium neumayri, Ceratotherium praecox, Ceratotherium sp.