Wooly rhinoceros (hairy rhinoceros)

Japanese: ケサイ(毛犀) - ケサイ(英語表記)wooly rhinoceros
Wooly rhinoceros (hairy rhinoceros)
A large, hairy rhinoceros that was widespread from Europe to northern Asia at the end of the Great Ice Age 20,000 to 100,000 years ago. Well-preserved frozen fossils have been discovered in the Siberian tundra, but two specimens were discovered in 1907 and 1929 in Starnia, Galicia, an oil field in Poland, where salt water and petroleum bitumen have soaked into the body, preserving the soft parts well. These rhinoceros are on display at the Krakow Museum. Some specimens have skulls over 85 cm long and body lengths of around 3 m, making them large for rhinoceroses.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
2万~10万年前の大氷河時代の終りに,ヨーロッパから北アジアにかけて広く分布していた大型で毛深いサイ。シベリアのツンドラ地帯で氷漬で保存のよい化石が発見されるが,1907年と29年にポーランドの油田地帯のガリツィア地方のスタルニアで発見されたものは,塩水と石油の歴青分がからだにしみこみ,軟体部がよく保存されていて,クラクフの博物館に陳列されている。このサイは,頭骨の長さが85cm以上のものもあり,体長は3m前後,サイとしては大型である。

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