Baluchitherium

Baluchitherium Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology (blchthr´m), extinct primitive rhinoceros, belonging to the genus Baluchitherium, of the Oligocene epoch, fossilized bones of which were found in central Asia.

BALUCHITHERIUM Baluchitherium (aka Indricotherium) was a large, extinct, hornless rhinoceros. It was one of the largest land mammals. DONKEY Donkeys are hoofed mammals adapted to desert life.

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The first weeks after giving birth, mother rhinos produce 5 - 7 gallons of milk daily. The Baluchitherium, an ancestor of the indian rhino,was the largest land mammal that ever lived. It was 18 feet high and 36 feet long.

Distribution Many species of indricothere have been found across Eurasia, with the largest, found in the Hsanda Gol formation of Mongolia, now called Paraceratherium (previously called Indricotherium and Baluchitherium).

Perissodactyls were once much more diverse, including the enormous horned brontotheres, the bizarre browsing, clawed chalicotheres, and the largest land mammal of all time, the Eocene Indricotherium (formerly known as Baluchitherium).

See also: Stegosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, Plesiosaur, Diplodocus, Midge