Indricotherium
The huge Indricotheres “Indrik beast” of the Oligocene
were the largest land mammals ever to have lived standing 4.5 meters at
the shoulder and weighing 15 tons. They were just larger than the Colombian
mammoth, and the largest of the Deinotheres. Although they are members
of the running rhino family, they became adapted to browsing the
tops of trees like modern giraffes. Their whole body was stretched upwards
to do this, with very long legs and a long neck. They roamed across most
of Eurasia, the largest being found in Mongolia The fossils
show that males were slightly bigger than females, with slightly more domed
and reinforced skulls, suggesting that the males fought rather like modern
giraffes.
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