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indricothere

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in·dri·co·there  (ndr-k-thîr)
n.
A very large extinct land mammal (Indricotherium transouralicum) of the Oligocene and Miocene epochs, related to the rhinoceros and characterized by a long neck. It is thought to be the largest and heaviest land mammal, with an estimated height up to 5.2 meters (17 feet) and weight up to 15,750 kilograms (35,000 pounds).
[New Latin Indricothrium, genus name : Russian indrik, fabulous beast in Russian folklore (probably from alteration of Old Russian inrog, unicorn : in, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots + rog, horn) + Greek thrion, wild beast; see treacle.]
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Some of the animals you'll behold are the leptictidium, a hopping, long- nosed scamp whose name means ``small weasel''; the entelodont, a 6-foot-tall boarlike monstrosity that's both stupid and aggressive, and the indricothere, a rhino ancestor who was the largest land mammal in history and, as such, is drolly shown here stomping the theoretical camera.
SUPERCROC VS. INDRICOTHERE: WHO WOULD WIN? by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The young indricothere encounters predators and bizarre-looking animals such as the hyaenodon, one of the top killers of the time and the size of a rhino.
Medics go back to the front; PICK OF THE BOX by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
30pm) goes back 25 million years to the time of the indricothere, which at seven metres in height and weighing 15 tonnes was the largest mammal to live on dry land.
PICK OF THE DAY; THURSDAY by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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