Bugtirhinus

Bugtirhinus is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid of the subfamily Elasmotheriinae that lived during the Early Mocene in the Bugti Hills of what is now Pakistan.^[1] It is the earliest known member of Elasmotheriina.^[2]

Bugtirhinus Temporal range: Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Rhinocerotidae
Subfamily:	†Elasmotheriinae
Genus:	†Bugtirhinus Antoine and Welcomme, 2000
Species:	†B. praecursor
Binomial name
†Bugtirhinus praecursor Antoine and Welcomme, 2000

Taxonomy

Bugtirhinus was named by Antoine and Welcomme (2000). Its type is Bugtirhinus praecursor. It was assigned to Elasmotheriini by Antoine and Welcomme (2000); and to Iranotheriinae by Guérin and Pickford (2003),^[3][4] and to Elasmotheriinae by later publications.^[2]

Description

Bugtirhinus was relatively small, around the size of the living Malayan tapir.^[2]