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'''Baluchitheria''' are [[quadruped]]s. They are also considered [[nasty]] and can be summoned by the [[summon nasties]] monster spell.
 
'''Baluchitheria''' are [[quadruped]]s. They are also considered [[nasty]] and can be summoned by the [[summon nasties]] monster spell.
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==Encyclopedia entry==
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Extinct rhinos include a variety of forms, the most
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spectacular being _Baluchitherium_ from the Oligocene of
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Asia, which is the largest known land mammal.  Its body, 18
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feet high at the shoulder and carried on massive limbs,
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allowed the 4-foot-long head to browse on the higher branches
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of trees. Though not as enormous, the titanotheres of the
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early Tertiary were also large perissodactyls, _Brontotherium_
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of the Oligocene being 8 feet high at the shoulder.
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[ Prehistoric Animals, by Barry Cox ]
  
 
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Baluchitheria are quadrupeds. They are also considered nasty and can be summoned by the summon nasties monster spell.

Encyclopedia entry

Extinct rhinos include a variety of forms, the most
spectacular being _Baluchitherium_ from the Oligocene of
Asia, which is the largest known land mammal.  Its body, 18
feet high at the shoulder and carried on massive limbs,
allowed the 4-foot-long head to browse on the higher branches
of trees. Though not as enormous, the titanotheres of the
early Tertiary were also large perissodactyls, _Brontotherium_
of the Oligocene being 8 feet high at the shoulder.
[ Prehistoric Animals, by Barry Cox ]
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