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title: "European Rhinoceros Beetle"
description: "Oryctes nasicornis — Insects & spiders. The European rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes nasicornis) is a large flying beetle belonging to the subfamily Dynastinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/european-rhinoceros-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# European Rhinoceros Beetle

> Oryctes nasicornis — Insects & spiders. The European rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes nasicornis) is a large flying beetle belonging to the subfamily Dynastinae.

- Scientific name: *Oryctes nasicornis*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 25705
- Wikidata: [Q729353](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q729353)
- iNaturalist taxon: [82774](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82774)

## Names

- en: European Rhinoceros Beetle
- de: Nashornkäfer
- es: Escarabajo Rinoceronte Europeo
- fr: Scarabée rhinocéros européen
- nl: Neushoornkever
- pl: Rohatyniec nosorożec

## Countries with the most observations

IT (5397), FR (3984), ES (2179), RU (2038), PT (2020), DE (1935), UA (861), HU (693), CZ (668), HR (493), RO (400), PL (379)

## Summary

The European rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes nasicornis) is a large flying beetle belonging to the subfamily Dynastinae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_rhinoceros_beetle

## Photo

![European Rhinoceros Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-rhinoceros-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andreas Manz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/288690510

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/european-rhinoceros-beetle?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).