A large
rhinoceros with a wonderful name, long
extinct: They were in vogue at the end of the
Oligocene period and the beginning of the
Miocene period, roughly from 30 to 20
million years ago.
Baluchitheria grew up to eighteen feet high at the shoulder. They lacked
horns (I trust y'all know that
rhinoceros horns aren't exactly proper horns anyway) and had longer legs (in proportion) than our lovable modern
rhinoceros, but they shared its charm. Their remains have been found only in
Asia, which seems vaguely unfair somehow. Then again,
they're digging up all kinds of crazy critters in Montana, so I can't complain.