Largest prehistoric mammal

According to Official Guinness Records,

The largest land mammal ever recorded was Indricotherium (Baluchitherium or Paraceratherium), of the family Hyrachyidae a long-necked, hornless rhinocerotid which roamed across western Asia and Europe about 35 million years ago and is first known from bones discovered in the Bugti Hills of Baluchistan, Pakistan in 1907-8. A restoration in the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, USA measures 5.41 m. (17ft 9 in) to the top of the shoulder hump and 11.27 m. (37 ft) in total length.

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