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Giant rhino fossils shed light on the biggest land mammals in history - Mashable
Jun 20, 2021 31 secs

Other, more complete skeletons of members of the Paraceratherium genus revealed that these hornless, giant rhinos stood at about 16 feet tall and 26 feet long, and weighed 22 tons, making them the largest land mammals in history...that we've found.

For comparison: The largest elephants that currently walk the Earth are around 13 feet tall and weigh 7 tons.

The presence of these giant rhinos indicates that what's currently a dry and highly elevated Tibetan Plateau was a much lower, moister stretch of land made up of woodlands and grasslands.

For comparison: the largest elephants that currently walk the Earth are around 13 feet tall and weigh 7 tons.r

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