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Record-Breaking Woolly Rhino Horn Discovered in Yakutia

10/9/2025

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In Yakutia, Russia, researchers found a 164.7 cm woolly rhino horn, the longest on record.
It is 30.7 cm longer than the previous record and 6.7 cm longer than a modern white rhino's horn.
The specimen likely belonged to a female and lived in the last Ice Age about 10,000 years ago.

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In Yakutia, Russia, researchers found a 164.7 cm woolly rhino horn, the longest on record.
It is 30.7 cm longer than the previous record and 6.7 cm longer than a modern white rhino's horn.
The specimen likely belonged to a female and lived in the last Ice Age about 10,000 years ago.