Our ancestors came into contact with woolly rhinoceroses, with cave drawings made by primitive humans providing confirmation. This species, which seemed to be calm, had a bad temper and could unexpectedly attack anybody who happened to be nearby. Nevertheless, the woolly rhinoceroses lived even in Italy, grazing on the hayfields on the shores of rivers, side by side with hippos, eating steppe herbs, bush shoots and other vegetation. However, the horns show signs of wear, suggesting that they were used to obtain food from under the snow.Ībout 90% of all findings of this animal are concentrated in northern Eurasia, and maximum range of the species took place during the second half of the Pleistocene. With the help of its huge horns, the rhinoceroses repulsed the attacks of predators or opponents. The body of the rhino was covered with thick chestnut fur, and its half-a-meter-long tail had a switch of coarse hair. The front horn grew to 100 cm and took the shape of a saber. The Woolly Rhinoceros was a prehistoric beast resembling the rhinos of today, except that it was covered in a thick fur to protect it from the freezing. It was a powerful animal with short legs, a tall nape and large head, with two horns. The woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) is an extinct species of rhinoceros that was common throughout Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene epoch. Numerous findings of separate bones, skeletons, mummified remnants with muscle, skin and fur preserved in permafrost, allow us to recreate the way they looked quite precisely. The woolly rhinoceros was well adapted for life in of the harsh conditions of the ice age. Temporal range: late Pleistocene - Early Holocene of Eurasia (350 - 10.000 years ago)ĭimensions: length - 4 m, height - 200 сm, weight - 3000 kg Woolly rhinoceros ( Coelodonta antiquitatis Blumenbach, 1799)
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