7 Enormous Animals That Went Extinct

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If we go back in time, we find that almost every modern-day animal has a dangerous and large version, and moreover, 90% of the fossils in this world have not yet been discovered, so there must be many species of animals that we cannot even imagine.

Well,

I will tell you about seven giant extinct animals discovered in this world.

1. Calytherium.

Friends, imagine a hybrid of a gorilla and a horse.

Yes, Calytherium looked something like this.

While they are included among the latest animals in this world, they are also called the strangest animal in the world because their front legs were quite long, which included large claws.

Through their strange body structure, they could easily mimic walking, meaning they walked on their front limbs like gorillas.

However, Calicotherium was an ungulate, which means it had no relation to gorillas; rather, its closest living modern relatives are horses, so Calicotherium also resembled a horse.

Despite having such a dangerous body structure, their diet was herbivorous, and due to their height, they could easily reach the height of any tree.

The last species of Calicotherium existed in this world until about 8000 years ago, and how they became extinct remains a mystery.

However, many scientists believe that Calicotherium went extinct due to the impact of climate change and the growing human population.

2. The Procoptodon.

Friends, you must have seen the modern-day species of kangaroos, which, although herbivorous, have often been seen submerging many predatory animals in water.

Moreover, their bodies are also very strong.

The Coptdon, a famous breed of kangaroo, existed in this world and is said to be the largest breed of kangaroo ever discovered.

The Coptdon is also referred to as the Giant Short-Faced Kangaroo because its face was short and flat, much like that of a bulldog.

The diet of the Coptdon was herbivorous, similar to modern-day gangsters, and due to its tall height, the predatory animals of its time did not dare to hunt it.

Furthermore, during the time of the Coptdon, the Megalania, a large species of lizard, and dangerous animals like marsupial lions also existed.

In any case, this was 18,000 years ago.

Years ago, the pro-copters on climate change and human hunting led to the extinction of the giant beaver.

3. Giant beaver

The giant beaver is a species of rodent that spends its semi-aquatic life around water.

Although these rodents are not small by today's standards, 10,000 years ago during the Ice Age, there existed a species known as the giant beaver, comparable in size to a bear.

Yes, friends, a rodent the size of a bear, and their teeth were as big as a banana.

The giant beavers looked very much like modern-day beavers and preferred to live around ponds or lakes, so their diet was mostly based on aquatic plants.

Additionally, due to their large size and ability to hide, it was impossible for any Ice Age predator to hunt them.

The giant beaver was found only on the North American continent, meaning they coexisted with famous Ice Age animals like the woolly mammoth and giant short-faced bears.

However, like many Ice Age animals, giant beavers also faced extinction due to changing climates and humans.

Due to this, the Deodon became extinct from this world.

4. Deodon

Nevertheless, these were large animals that looked terrifying, and if compared in size, they were as big as a standard-sized car, and their faces were quite large compared to their bodies, which is why they are also referred to as the strangest-looking animals in the world.

By the way, the diet of Deodon was omnivorous like pigs, and they also resembled the family of wild hogs to a great extent.

However, scientists believe that their closest living relative today is the hippopotamus.

Anyway, they existed in North America between 23 to 16 million years ago, which was the time when terror birds like giant birds and large mammals like Paraceratherium roamed the earth.

Deodon became extinct for some unknown reason.

5. Crocodylinae:

Friends, I hope you all know about the animal named Tapir, which mostly They are recognized for their unique nose, but during the Ice Age, a very strange and giant version of tapirs known as Macrauchenia was found in this world.

Moreover, the neck and body of this animal resembled that of a camel, but its face and nose looked exactly like that of a tapir.

However, these were not a species of tapirs, but the modern-day closest living relatives of tapirs include horses and rhinoceroses.

Macrauchenia's diet was herbivorous like its relatives.

This animal was discovered by the famous scientist Charles Darwin, who believed it to be one of the strangest animals to have ever existed.

Nevertheless, due to competition with other animals, Macrauchenia became extinct.

6. Bison latifrons

Friends, Bison latifrons was the largest and heaviest breed of bison in the history of this world, and not only that, but it also holds the record for the largest and heaviest bovine in the world, including animals like cattle, buffalo, and bison.

When compared to the size of the steppe bison, the bison latifrons was equivalent to an SUV.

However, bison latifrons were large in every respect, but their horns were even larger, between which a car could easily fit.

They were found in the North American continent and were believed to have evolved from the steppe bison species found in Europe and Asia, whose bodies are still found in the coldest regions of Siberia.

Well, about 200,000 years ago, the steppe bison migrated from Asia to North America via the Bering Land Bridge.

This is the same route that Native Americans took to come to America.

However, due to an abundance of food, the steppe bison evolved into the bison latifrons and set the record for being the largest bison in the world.

The Late Fronts, along with their ancestors, the steppe bison, became extinct from this world about 10,000 years ago due to human hunting and the end of the Ice Age.

7. Patagotitan mayorum

I already told you about the largest dinosaur in the world, Patagotitan mayorum, but after doing a lot of research, I found out that the length of Patagotitan mayorum is said to be 121 feet, which is an overestimate, and the actual length was around 102 feet. Similarly, the length of Argentinosaurus was around 121 to 131 feet.

Therefore, Argentinosaurus was indeed the largest dinosaur in the world, whose length, when compared, was even greater than that of Dreadnoughtus, and its weight was equivalent to that of 12 T. rexes.

Well, for 200 years, we humans believed that the blue whale is the largest animal in the world, but Argentinosaurus was larger in length than the blue whale.

Nevertheless, the diet of Argentinosaurus was herbivorous, and it evolved to a gigantic size to eat the tall trees of its time 66 million years ago, the impact that occurred wiped out everything from this world forever.

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