![]() ![]() Other Prehistoric Rhinoceroses Arsinoitherium Woolly rhinos became extinct during the ‘Pliocene’ (the era of appearance of distinctly modern animals) in North America and during the ‘Pleistocene’ (the extinction of various mammals) in Northern Asia and Europe. ![]() Also like the mammoth, the woolly rhino became extinct because of the changing climate, about 20,000 years ago. Within historical times, rhinos were still widespread in the African savannas and the tropical forests of Asia. Woolly rhinos once roamed throughout Eurasia and Africa and were known to early Europeans who depicted them in cave paintings. Woolly rhinos, like the mammoths, have also been found frozen in ice. The Woolly Rhinoceros was a plant eater that spent most of its time grazing for grass on the tundra biome, a treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation such as lichens, mosses and stunted shrubs). The Woolly rhinos larger horn could measure up to 1 metre long. The woolly rhino was about 3.5 metres long, covered with thick, shaggy fur and had two horns. Back then, these large rhinos weighed around 25 tonnes – 4 times as much as todays African elephant. ![]() Woolly Rhinoceroses inhabited a large range from Siberia to the British Isles. Rhinoceroses are the descendants of the ‘woolly rhinoceros’ (Coelodonta antiquitatis), that had a thick, shaggy fur covering their bodies and heads. Miocene being an period of time about 25 millions of years ago when grazing mammals were introduced. Rhinoceroses date from the ‘Miocene’ era millions of years ago. Rhinoceros History Woolly Rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) ![]()
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