The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis L.) and the two African species, the Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis L.) and White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum Burch.), were referred to without distinction as ῥινόκερως/rhinókerōs, more rarely μονόκερως/monókerōs (literally 'unicorn' and translated as unicornis in Isid. Orig. 12,2,12), Latin rhinoceros, monoceros.
1. Indian rhinoceros: in literature, the Indian rhinoceros was known only from Ctesias (fr. 14; Phot. Bibl. 72,48b 19ff. Bekker), used by Aristot. Hist. an. 2,1,49…