Trivia: Paraceratherium is the prehistoric ancestor of what animal?
Elephants
Kangaroos
Rhinoceroses
Sloths
The correct answer is Rhinoceroses
So why is this answer correct? : Although Earth is still home to some massive land mammals — the biggest being African bush elephants — the largest land mammal to roam the planet was Paraceratherium, the ancestor of today’s rhinoceroses. Roaming Eurasia around 35 million years ago, Paraceratherium is said to have been 26 feet long and weighed the equivalent of five elephants.