Woolly Rhinoceros Skull Only Replica
$530.00
The Woolly Rhinoceros or Coelodonta antiquitatis was covered with long, thick hair that allowed it to survive in the extremely cold, harsh mammoth steppe. It had a massive hump reaching from its shoulder and fed mainly on herbaceous plants that grew in the steppe.
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Description
Woolly Rhinoceros Skull Only Replica measures 31.0 inches. Woolly Rhinoceros Skull Replica is museum-quality polyurethane resin cast. Less mandible & teeth. Scale 1:1. Made in USA.
The Woolly Rhinoceros or Coelodonta antiquitatis is an extinct species of rhinoceros that was common throughout Europe and northern Asia during the Pleistocene epoch and survived until the end of the last glacial period. The Woolly rhinoceros was a member of the Pleistocene megafauna.
The Woolly Rhinoceros or Coelodonta antiquitatis was covered with long, thick hair that allowed it to survive in the extremely cold, harsh mammoth steppe. It had a massive hump reaching from its shoulder and fed mainly on herbaceous plants that grew in the steppe.
Mummified carcasses preserved in permafrost and many bone remains of woolly rhinoceroses or Coelodonta antiquitatis have been found. Images of Woolly Rhinoceros are found among cave paintings in Europe and Asia.
In 1590, it was used as the basis for the head on a statue of a lindworm. Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert maintained the belief that the horns were the claws of giant birds, and classified the animal under the name Gryphus antiquitatis, meaning “ancient griffin”.
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Perissodactyla
- Family: Rhinocerotidae
- Genus: †Coelodonta
- Species: †C. antiquitatis
- Binomial name: †Coelodonta antiquitatis
- Conservation Status: Extinct