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Description
Size comparison of large animals that lived between 33 million years ago and 126,000 years ago.
Upper row: Tyto gigantea (giant barn owl), Hippopotamus gorgops (large hippo with eye stalks), Machairodus coloradensis (early saber-toothed cat), Purussaurus brasiliensis (giant caiman), Deinogalerix koenigswaldi (large gymnure endemic to Gargano Island), Stritonia (primitive holwer monkey), Barawertornis tedfordi (large, herbivourous bird related to modern waterfowl), Eucladoceros proboulei (large deer with distinctive antlers), Epicyon saevus (massive canid with powerful jaws), Palaeotragus germaini (tall, primitive okapi) and Peltephilus ferox (horned armadillo).
Middle row: Chapalmalania altaefrontis (large, bear-like racoon), Diadiaphorus caniadiensis (small herbivore related to Macrauchenia), Australopithecus africanus (one of earliest hominids), Telicomys gigantissimus (large South American rodent), Cynodesmus thooides (primitive, omnivorous canine), Kelenken guillermoi (large-headed terror bird), Mesopithecus pentelici (European monkey related to colobus monkeys), Pliohippus (primitive, three-toed horse), Amphicyon ingens (huge bear-dog), Metamynodon planifrons (hippo-like, large-fanged rhino), Andalgalornis staulleti (medium-sized terror bird), Protypotherium (small, rodent-like mammal from South America), Ekaltadeta wellingtonensis (large, carnivorous rat-cangaroo) and Trilophosuchus rackhami (small terrestrial crocodile).
Lower row: Zeltornis ginsburgi (huge, African heron), Cuvieronius tropicus (gomphothere with spiral-shaped tusks), Gavialosuchus eggenburgensis (coastal, gavial-like crocodile), Dromornis stirtoni (giant, possibly carnivorous bird related to waterfowl), Menoceras arikarense (small rhinoceros with side-by-side horns), Prolibytherium magnieri (huge-horned herbivore related to giraffe), Puijila darwini (otter-like mammal ancestral to modern seals), Theosodon (medium-sized, trunked herbivore), Kvabebihyrax (giant hyrax), Dinopithecus (huge baboon, that probably preyed upon early hominids), Daeodon shoshonensis (huge, carnivorous pig) and Kalimantsia bulgarica (large, dome-headed chalicothere).

Description
Size comparison of large animals that lived between 33 million years ago and 126,000 years ago.
Upper row: Tyto gigantea (giant barn owl), Hippopotamus gorgops (large hippo with eye stalks), Machairodus coloradensis (early saber-toothed cat), Purussaurus brasiliensis (giant caiman), Deinogalerix koenigswaldi (large gymnure endemic to Gargano Island), Stritonia (primitive holwer monkey), Barawertornis tedfordi (large, herbivourous bird related to modern waterfowl), Eucladoceros proboulei (large deer with distinctive antlers), Epicyon saevus (massive canid with powerful jaws), Palaeotragus germaini (tall, primitive okapi) and Peltephilus ferox (horned armadillo).
Middle row: Chapalmalania altaefrontis (large, bear-like racoon), Diadiaphorus caniadiensis (small herbivore related to Macrauchenia), Australopithecus africanus (one of earliest hominids), Telicomys gigantissimus (large South American rodent), Cynodesmus thooides (primitive, omnivorous canine), Kelenken guillermoi (large-headed terror bird), Mesopithecus pentelici (European monkey related to colobus monkeys), Pliohippus (primitive, three-toed horse), Amphicyon ingens (huge bear-dog), Metamynodon planifrons (hippo-like, large-fanged rhino), Andalgalornis staulleti (medium-sized terror bird), Protypotherium (small, rodent-like mammal from South America), Ekaltadeta wellingtonensis (large, carnivorous rat-cangaroo) and Trilophosuchus rackhami (small terrestrial crocodile).
Lower row: Zeltornis ginsburgi (huge, African heron), Cuvieronius tropicus (gomphothere with spiral-shaped tusks), Gavialosuchus eggenburgensis (coastal, gavial-like crocodile), Dromornis stirtoni (giant, possibly carnivorous bird related to waterfowl), Menoceras arikarense (small rhinoceros with side-by-side horns), Prolibytherium magnieri (huge-horned herbivore related to giraffe), Puijila darwini (otter-like mammal ancestral to modern seals), Theosodon (medium-sized, trunked herbivore), Kvabebihyrax (giant hyrax), Dinopithecus (huge baboon, that probably preyed upon early hominids), Daeodon shoshonensis (huge, carnivorous pig) and Kalimantsia bulgarica (large, dome-headed chalicothere).