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'''''Elasmotherium''''' (''Elasmo''=plate, ''therium''=beast) was a rhinoceros relative. It was named in 1878 by Johannes Fridericus Brandt.<ref>http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/extinct/Elasmotherium.shtml</ref>

'''''Elasmotherium''''' (''Elasmo''=plate, ''therium''=beast) any one of four species of very large, single-horned [[rhinoceros]], once native to the central Asian and European steppes. It was named in 1878 by Johannes Fridericus Brandt.<ref>http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/extinct/Elasmotherium.shtml</ref>

==Description==

==Description==

Elasmotherium was a quadruped herbivore. It is thought to have been a grazer.<ref>http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/extinct/Elasmotherium.shtml</ref> It is sometimes called the ‘giant unicorn’ because of the single, large horn growing from its head. The horn, made of keratin, could be about six feet long in length.<ref>http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-elasmotherium.htm</ref> In total, the animal was about six feet tall and twenty feet long, weighing from 3.5 to 4.5 tons.<ref>http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/extinct/Elasmotherium.shtml</ref><ref>http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-elasmotherium.htm</ref> Despite being such a large animal, Elasmotherium was capable of reaching swift running speeds, producing the most kinetic energy of all land mammals, at twenty-five miles per hour.<ref>http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-elasmotherium.htm</ref>

Elasmotherium was a quadruped herbivore. It is thought to have been a grazer.<ref>http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/extinct/Elasmotherium.shtml</ref> It is sometimes called the ‘giant unicorn’ because of the single, large horn growing from its head. The horn, made of keratin, could be about six feet long in length.<ref>http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-elasmotherium.htm</ref> In total, the animal was about six feet tall and twenty feet long, weighing from 3.5 to 4.5 tons.<ref>http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/extinct/Elasmotherium.shtml</ref><ref>http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-elasmotherium.htm</ref> Despite being such a large animal, Elasmotherium was capable of reaching swift running speeds, producing the most kinetic energy of all land mammals, at twenty-five miles per hour.<ref>http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-elasmotherium.htm</ref>

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[[Category:Extinct Animals]]

[[Category:Extinct Animals]]

[[Category:Prehistoric Mammals]]

[[Category:Prehistoric Mammals]]