Baluchitherium "osborni"
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
.
This monstrous mammal reached the height of a giraffe and the girth of a mammoth, though it was a relative of the rhino. Convergence in tooth structures with grazers of trees shows the formidable front teeth (partially obscured in the photo) were for stripping leaves from twigs. It should be noted that there are some taxonomic problems with this genus. It is currently properly known as Paraceratherium, though Indricotherium is also commonly used. As per usual, a life restoration follows; it appears as a large, lanky rhino.
