Biosphoto | 2479084 | An adult Paraceratherium (AKA Indricotherium and Baluchitherium) from 30 million years ago is compared to a modern adult White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). The Paraceratherium is 18 feet tall at the shoulder and weighs 40,000 pounds*, while the White Rhinoceros is 6 feet tall at the shoulder and weighs 7,000 pounds. . Paraceratherium is the largest mammal known to have walked the Earth and are from an extinct family of hornless rhinoceroses that ranged across North America, Europe, and Asia from 60 to 20 million years ago. . * Values are estimates only based upon available paleontological data. | © Walter Myers / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
Biosphoto | 2479084 | An adult Paraceratherium (AKA Indricotherium and Baluchitherium) from 30 million years ago is compared to a modern adult White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). The Paraceratherium is 18 feet tall at the shoulder and weighs 40,000 pounds*, while the White Rhinoceros is 6 feet tall at the shoulder and weighs 7,000 pounds. . Paraceratherium is the largest mammal known to have walked the Earth and are from an extinct family of hornless rhinoceroses that ranged across North America, Europe, and Asia from 60 to 20 million years ago. . * Values are estimates only based upon available paleontological data. | © Walter Myers / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto

An adult Paraceratherium (AKA Indricotherium and Baluchitherium) from 30 million years ago is compared to a modern adult White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). The Paraceratherium is 18 feet tall at the shoulder and weighs 40,000 pounds*, while the White Rhinoceros is 6 feet tall at the shoulder and weighs 7,000 pounds. . Paraceratherium is the largest mammal known to have walked the Earth and are from an extinct family of hornless rhinoceroses that ranged across North America, Europe, and Asia from 60 to 20 million years ago. . * Values are estimates only based upon available paleontological data.

Le Paraceratherium mesure près de 5 m au garrot et pèse 16 tonnes, tandis que le Rhinocéros blanc mesure 1,80 au garrot et pèse 3 tonnes. Le Paraceratherium est le plus grand mammifère terrestre ayant jamais existé. Il appartient à une famille éteinte de rhinocéros sans cornes qui s'est répandue en Amérique du Nord, en Europe et en Asie il y a 60 à 20 millions d'années.

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