7 Giant Animals That Are Now Extinct Part 1

5. Paraceratherium

Paraceratherium

The Largest Land Mammal Ever

Paraceratherium holds the record as the largest land mammal ever known.

Key facts:

  • Weighed up to 20 tons
  • About 26 feet long
  • Hornless relative of modern rhinos
  • Herbivore

Fossils were first found in Pakistan, which is why it’s sometimes called Baluchitherium. Environmental changes and competition for food likely caused its extinction around 23 million years ago.

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