Baluchitherium Prehistoric Animals Baluchitherium Pictures catalog extinct extinction endangered Baluchitherium is an extinct rhinoceros of the order Perissodactyla, class Mammalia, that lived during the late Oligocene and early Miocene epochs of the TERTIARY PERIOD (about 20-30 million years ago). It is believed to be the largest land mammal that ever lived. The first baluchitheres were found in central Mongolia. Unlike its modern descendants, Baluchitherium was hornless, but other features clearly indicate that this huge beast was a rhinoceros. Its skull was about 1.2 m (4 ft) long, and it stood about 5.5 m (18 feet) high at the shoulder. A long neck and huge, pillarlike legs enabled the animal to browse among the higher branches of trees. Baluchitheres were probably limited to Asia, for their remains have not been found elsewhere.

Baluchitherium

Pre historic animal : Baluchitherium Baluchitherium is an extinct rhinoceros of the order Perissodactyla, class Mammalia, that lived during the late Oligocene and early Miocene epochs of the TERTIARY PERIOD (about 20-30 million years ago). It is believed to be the largest land mammal that ever lived. The first baluchitheres were found in central Mongolia. Unlike its modern descendants, Baluchitherium was hornless, but other features clearly indicate that this huge beast was a rhinoceros. Its skull was about 1.2 m (4 ft) long, and it stood about 5.5 m (18 feet) high at the shoulder. A long neck and huge, pillarlike legs enabled the animal to browse among the higher branches of trees. Baluchitheres were probably limited to Asia, for their remains have not been found elsewhere.