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All Rhino Species |
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These animals are massively built mammals distantly related to the horse. This kinship was much more apparent in prehistoric times when rhinoceroses roamed all over the world, and were represented by a large number of species. Some were big, bulky creatures covered in wool, and able to live amongst snow where they grubbed, like reindeer, for moss. Others were light, 'horsy' animals suggestive of Shetland ponies. The largest mammal the world has ever seen was an Asiatic rhinoceros standing seventeen feet high at the shoulder.
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The London Zoo
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