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New Extinct Hornless Rhino Species Discovered in Canada
11/1/2025
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- Researchers identified a new extinct rhinoceros species, Epiaceratherium itjilik, from fossils in Haughton Crater, Canada.
- About 75% of the skeleton indicates a hornless rhino similar in size to the modern Indian rhinoceros.
- The species lived about 23 million years ago in the Early Miocene when the Arctic was warmer.
- Researchers propose migration via the North Atlantic Land Bridge.
- Researchers published the findings in Nature Ecology and Evolution.
