Narrow-nosed rhinoceros

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Narrow-nosed rhinoceros
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene–Late Pleistocene
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Skull of Stephanorhinus hemitoechus
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Stephanorhinus hemitoechus life restoration
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus:† Stephanorhinus
Species:
†S. hemitoechus
Binomial name
†Stephanorhinus hemitoechus
Falconer, 1859
Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis range map.svg
Range of Stephanorhinus hemitoechus (blue) and Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis (red), with overlapping range in purple
Synonyms
  • Dicerorhinus hemitoechusFalconer, 1859
  • Rhinoceros hemitoechus Falconer, 1859
  • Rhinoceros binagadensisDzhafarov, 1955
  • Rhinoceros subinermis Pomel, 1895

The narrow-nosed rhinoceros (Stephanorhinus hemitoechus), also known as the steppe rhinoceros is an extinct species of rhinoceros belonging to the genus Stephanorhinus that lived in western Eurasia, including Europe, as well as North Africa [1] during the Pleistocene. It first appeared in Europe around 500,000 years ago during the Middle Pleistocene and survived there until at least 34,000 years Before Present. It was native to temperate and Mediterranean environments, where it fed on low growing plants and to a lesser extent woody plants. Evidence has been found that it was exploited for food by archaic humans, including Neanderthals.

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Taxonomy

The species was originally described by Hugh Falconer in 1859 based on remains found in cave deposits in Glamorganshire, south Wales in Great Britain, dating to the Eemian/Last interglacial (130-115,000 years ago). The species like other Stephanorhinus species was previously assigned historically to the genus Dicerorhinus , which includes the Sumatran rhinoceros. [2]

Description

Skulls from top to bottom. S. kirchbergensis, S. hemitoechus and the woolly rhinoceros, showing the difference in head angle Skulls of pleistocene rhinos.png
Skulls from top to bottom. S. kirchbergensis, S. hemitoechus and the woolly rhinoceros, showing the difference in head angle

The narrow-nosed rhinoceros was a large animal, reaching a body mass of approximately 1,500 kilograms (3,300 lb), making it around the same size/slightly larger than S. hundsheimensis, but smaller than S. kirchbergensis . [3] The size of the species was somewhat variable depending on local conditions. [4] [5] The skull is low slung, with the cranium being downwardly directed. The teeth are relatively high crowned (hypsodont) compared to other Stephanorhinus species, with the third molars being relatively enlarged. Compared to the earlier species S. jeanvireti, S. etruscus, and S. hundsheimensis the limb joints are relatively shallow, and the limb bones relatively broad and short. [6]

Distribution

In comparison to the widespread Merck's rhinoceros (Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis), the narrow-nosed rhinoceros had a less geographically extensive distribution, including much of Europe, [7] [8] as well as West Asia [9] and North Africa. [1] In Europe the species is known from abundant remains in the Iberian Peninsula in the west (where S. kirchbergensis appears to have been rare or absent), [10] eastwards to Italy, [4] Bulgaria [11] and Greece. [12] Its range extended northwards into northern France, [13] Britain (as far north as North Yorkshire [14] ), Germany [2] and Slovakia [15] during warm interglacial periods. [16]

In North Africa, where the species was previously known as Rhinoceros subinermis [12] , remains are known from Cyrenacia in northeast Libya [1] as well as the Maghreb in Morocco [1] and northern Algeria. [17] In West Asia, the range of the species extends from the Levant (including Israel, [18] Jordan [19] and Syria [20] ) in the west, to western Iran, [21] [22] and Azerbaijan in the east, [23] where some remains were previously referred to as the species Rhinoceros binagadensis. [12]

Ecology

The morphology of the skull suggests that the species was adapted towards a grazing diet. [2] Tooth wear analysis suggests that the narrow-nosed rhinoceros had a variable diet tending towards grazing or mixed feeding, and clearly distinct from the more browsing focused diet inferred for S. kirchbergensis on average. [24] [25] [26] [27] Although the species has been referred to as the "steppe rhinoceros" and presumed to have had a preference for open habitats, the species was ecologically plastic, and occurred in both open grasslands and forested environments. [28] In Europe the species was found in temperate as well as cool climates, and seems to have been intolerant of cold climate conditions like those inhabited by the woolly rhinoceros. [15] In the Middle East the species inhabited warm, open xeric habitats. [18]

The narrow-nosed rhinoceros lived alongside other megafauna species, including both animals present today, like red deer, wolves and brown bears, and those that are extinct, like wild horse, European wild ass, aurochs, Irish elk, steppe lions and straight-tusked elephants. [29]

Human exploitation

Finds at a number of sites suggest that the narrow-nosed rhinoceros was exploited for food by archaic humans. Specimens of S. hemitoechus from the Middle Pleistocene (Marine Isotope Stage 12, 478,000-424,000 years ago) Arago Cave (Caune de l'Arago) site in Southern France shows extensive evidence of butchery (presumably by Tautavel Man, which is found at the same site). The ratios of skeletal elements implies that only the parts of the body with the most meat were carried to the site. The profile of ages of rhino bones in the cave resembles natural mortality curves, suggesting that there was not selective hunting, and the fact that marks of other carnivores are rare implies that the carcasses were acquired by hunting or active scavenging. [30] At the Shishan Marsh site in the Azraq Oasis in northeast Jordan, dating to around 250,000 years ago, stone tools at the site have been found to have protein residue from the butchery of rhinoceroses. As S. hemitoechus is the only rhinoceros species known from the site, it is probable that it was the species butchered. [31]

At the late Middle Pleistocene Gran Dolina site in Spain, a handful of S. cf. hemitoechus bones display cut marks. [32] At Biache-Saint-Vaast in northeast France, dating to MIS 7, around 240,000 years ago, [33] remains of at least 33 individuals of S. hemitoechus were found in association with human artifacts, with a significant proportion displaying cut marks. The mortality profile, which is heavily skewed towards juveniles, with no old adults, may suggest selective hunting of juveniles by Neanderthals. [30] At the collapsed cave of Payre in southeast France, dating to the late Middle Pleistocene, numerous remains rhinoceroses, primarily S. kirchbergensis along with a smaller amount of S. hemitoechus have been found, which display marks indicative of butchery and are suggested to have been accumulated at the site by Neanderthals. The abundance of teeth found at the site (though other skull material is largely absent) suggests that the Neanderthals may have been using them as tools. Mortality profiles found that young and old individuals were the most abundant at the site. [34] The late Middle Pleistocene sites of Great Yeldham and Grays Thurrock in southern Britain (both probably dating to around 300,000 years ago) where remains of S. hemitoechus have been found have also been suggested as butchery sites. [35]

A skull from Cueva Des-Cubierta in central Spain, dating to the early-mid Late Pleistocene (MIS 4-early MIS 3, ~71-43,000 years ago), exhibits fracturing and cut marks consistent with butchery by Neanderthals. The missing pieces of the skull were not found in the cave, suggesting that it had been butchered off-site. It has been proposed that the skull was kept as a hunting trophy along with the skulls of aurochs and bison. [36] Several other sites in Spain demonstrate the exploitation of S. hemitoechus by Neanderthals during the early-mid Late Pleistocene, including Navalmaíllo Rock Shelter [37] and Abric Romani. [38]

Evolution and extinction

The earliest remains of the species in Europe date to the early-mid Middle Pleistocene, around 500,000 years ago. [39] It is suggested to have evolved outside of Western Europe before later migrating into the region. The species may have evolved from the earlier Stephanorhinus etruscus. [23] In North Africa, remains of the narrow-nosed rhinoceros are known dating between 109-53,000 years ago. [1] In Europe, the narrow-nosed rhinoceros survived latest in the southern parts of its range. The last records in Italy date to around 41,000 years ago, [27] while remains dating to 40,000 years ago are knowns from Bacho Kiro cave in Bulgaria. [11] In the Iberian Peninsula, the latest records of the species date to 34,000 years ago. [40] In the Levant, the species may have survived as recently as 15,500 years ago based on remains found in Hayonim Cave, Israel. [41] [18] Its extinction is suggested to be due at least in part due to climatic change causing habitat fragmentation resulting in population fragmentation, with small populations more likely to become extinct as a result of stochastic processes. [27]

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