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baluchitherium
(redirected from Indricotherium)

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baluchitherium (bəlchĭthēr`ēəm), extinct primitive rhinoceros, belonging to the genus Baluchitherium, of the Oligocene epoch, fossilized bones of which were found in central Asia. It had an estimated shoulder height of nearly 18 ft (5.5 m) and a weight of about 10 tons, and is believed to have been the largest land mammal of all time. The baluchitherium is classified in the phylum Chordata Chordata (kôrdā`tə,–dä`–)
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, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Perissodactyla, family Rhinocerotidae.


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The formula derived from modern-day animals also holds for Indricotherium, an 11,000-kg rhino relative that roamed southern Asia about 30 million years ago.
 
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