@thedinosaurhunter

A giant among mammals, an animal that rivals all but the largest dinosaurs in size, is a rhino.

Paraceratherium.

Paraceratherium is an extinct genus of rhino and one of the largest, if not the largest, species of land mammal to ever have lived, standing around 16ft at the shoulder, over 24ft in length, and weighing anywhere from 15 to 20 tons. Living during the early to late Ologocene epoch (34-23mya), it’s name means “Near the Hornless Beast” in reference to the species Aratherium where it was originally thought to be.
It’s thought to have lived a lifestyle much similar to that of modern day elephants and rhinos, browsing from the bushes all the way tot he treetops with very few natural predators and having a slow reproduction rate, a calf every three years or so.

Such as here, where a female Paraceratherium and her 2 1/2 year old calf wander around, the calf unaware that soon, his world will be turned upside down.