Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Andrewsarchus

 

Name: Andrewsarchus

Habitat: Plains of central Asia

Historical Epoch: Middle-Late Eocene (45-35 million years ago)

Size and Weight: About 13 feet long and 1,000-2,000 pounds

Diet: Meat

Fact: Andrewsarchus may have been the largest carnivorous land mammal that ever lived, this based on single, incomplete skull discovered in the Gobi Desert almost 100 years ago

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