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Feb. 1st, 2010 02:58 pm
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This is all from www.wikipedia.org, so, citation needed. Although for the Indricotherium, I can look it up when I get home.

Biggest modern horse currently on record was a draft horse that stood 7 feet, 2.5 inches at the shoulders.

7 feet tall is the normal height at the shoulder for the Alaskan moose and at the hump for the dromedary camel.

American bison (buffalo) and white rhinoceros both average around 6.5 feet at the shoulders. Buffalo are around 10 feet long, while white rhinos start at around 11 feet long.

The largest land mammal on record was the Indricotherium, a prehistoric Eurasian species of rhinoceros with a shoulder height of around 16-18 feet and a maximum head height of around 25 feet. The biggest species of mammoth came close, but didn't quite make it that high.

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