Coelodonta antiquitatis (Woolly Rhinoceros) | Russia
Original price
$260,000.00
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Original price
$260,000.00
Original price
$260,000.00
$260,000.00
-
$260,000.00
Current price
$260,000.00
This specimen measures approx. 11' long x 5' tall x 3.5' Horns measures 39.5" tall x 22" girth and 16" tall x 14.75" girth.
*some minor restoration has been done on this beautiful specimen
The woolly rhinoceros is an extinct species of rhinoceros that was common throughout North America, Europe, and Asia during the Pleistocene epoch and survived until the end of the last glacial period. The woolly rhinoceros was a member of the Pleistocene megafauna. Wikipedia
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Scientific name: Coelodonta antiquitatis
Order: Odd-toed ungulates
Higher classification: Coelodonta
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Mammalia
Extinction
Genetic analysis of the remnants of 14 woolly rhinos shows that a warming climate, not hunting, probably killed them off 14,000 years ago. The numbers of woolly rhinos remained constant until close to their extinction, and far after humans had migrated to their territory in Siberia.