Paraceratherium

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phylum Chordata Paraceratherium, also commonly known as Indricotherium or Baluchitherium is an extinct genus of gigantic hornless rhinoceros-like mammals, endemic to Eurasia and Asia during the Oligocene epoch. It is regarded as the largest land mammal known and was first discovered in 1910 in Balochistan of what is now Pakistan.

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
order Perissodactyla
family Hyracodontidae
genus Paraceratherium
Temporal range Oligocene