Xenorhinotherium
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| Xenorhinotherium bahiensis Owen, 1838 |
Xenorhinotherium (Xenorhinotherium bahiensis) is a species related to Macrauchenia patachonica, though according to some it was the same species (and by others still in the same Patagonian species), it was found in Brazil, and lived during the Pleistocene, sediments of up to 4,000 years were left behind. This animal was an herbivore and most likely had a trunk, much like its other relatives. This animal could measure up to five meters in height.
The name Xenorhinotherium translates into "Strange-Nosed Beast" and bahiensis refers to the state of Bahia, which is located into Brasil, where it was found.
Some fictionalized Xenorhinotherium are seen as extras in the film Ice Age under the moniker "freaky mammals".
