Indricotherium (SciiFii)

The robust giraffe rhinoceros (Indricotherium giganteum) is a species of giant hornless rhinoceros found throughout the open woodlands and grasslands of the temperate, subtropical, and tropical parts of Asia. It either was once extinct or did not exist (depending on what paleontologists viewed), but has since been (re)created by SciiFii and introduced throughout modern Asia by conservationists to help boost biodiversity. It is controversial whether or not the genus Indricotherium originally existed, so the validity of the so-called Indricotherium fossils is debated. However, the living species of Indricotherium, the robust giraffe rhinoceros, can be distinguished from Paraceratherium by being slightly larger, having a thicker, yet slightly shorter neck, and having fewer body hair. Due to its build, its neck is usually held straight out instead of up, matching some depictions of the extinct Paraceratherium species. The robust giraffe rhinoceros is one of the largest known land mammals alive in prehistory and today, growing to be about 17.3 feet tall at the shoulders, 28 feet long from nose tip to tail tip, and weigh about 20 tons, although the Asian straight-tusked elephant is bigger. It is solitary animal in most of its life, except during breeding seasons, when males clash with other males in a manner similar to giraffes, and the winning males win the right to mate with the females. The conservation status of the robust giraffe rhinoceros is Vulnerable due to poaching, however, the population trend of robust giraffe rhinoceros is actually increasing thanks to the help of conservationists.
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