Mammal
Arsinoitherium
It had a pair of large horns on its snout.
Arsinoitherium resembles a rhinoceros with large horns, but belonged to a different branch.
Three stages. One companion.
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Arsinoitherium at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Paleogene
- Group
- Arsinoitheriidae
- Arsinoitheriids
- Fossil locations
- Ethiopia
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Arsinoitherium
Although it resembled a rhinoceros, it belonged to a different group related to elephants, sea cows and hyraxes. It ate plants and lived in tropical environments, including forests and the edges of mangroves.
It had a pair of large horns on its snout, but its relatives include elephants, sea cows and hyraxes. This tropical herbivore shows why outward similarity does not always reveal the closest family connection.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
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- Arsinoitheriidae
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