#hyracodontidae

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Adult and baby Paraceratheriums

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Paraceratherium, the Megafauna of the Day for the 10th of April, is the largest land mammal known to have existed. 

The largest confirmed individual specimen is estimated to have stood 4.8 meters tall at the shoulder and measured 8m from nose to rump. It is thought to have weighed 18 tons.

Paraceratherium comes from the extinct family Hyracodontidae. During the Oligocene epoch, this family was native to Asia and Eurasia. 

[Sources: Wikipedia | Diagram Sourced here]