| Show scientists reconstruct Recon et mammoth mammal I 1 museum shows largest animal that ever lived new york the largest land mammal that ever lived was taller than a giraffe twice as long ion as a full grown elephant elep haDt tipped the scales at the combined weight of average 0 men and needed about about pounds of food per day to 1 keep beep from starving it Is the um a super giant prehistoric rhinoceros that lived in asia about years ago i when the gobi desert was a paradise se of woods and waters OW years after the dinosaurs had laid their last el eggs s and long before the comlin coming of man this information was made public by the american museum of natural history and Is based upon data collected over a long ion m period of exploration by dr walter granger gr anger and of research by him and prof william K gregory of the museums scientific staff in preparing the restoration of this animal doctors granger and gregory studied some bones which represented about 20 animals of varying sizes in no case however were there enough bones to make a complete skeleton n this disappointment was largely offset by thu the presence of enough material to furnish an accurate yardstick which after months of research provided a picture of this super beast of the past the restoration now completed at the museum visualizes an animal that was 17 feet 9 inches tall at the shoulders and almost SO do feet long ion and weighing in the neighborhood nel of pounds that looked like a rhinoceros under a magnifying glass a rhinoceros that lacked the horns of the present day rhino it had long legs a small head a large neck and doubtless doubt less a tough hide its teeth were unusual unus ual in that it had two great incisor teeth in each jaw which tile the animal probably used in tearing leaves and branches froni from bushes its name the Is derived from the fact that the first 1 fossils were found in B aluc hIstan |
