Juxia
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Juxia, ‘joo-she-a’, (from Template:Zh) is an extinct genus of paraceratheriid, a group of herbivorous mammals that are related to the modern rhinoceros. The type species is Juxia sharamurenensis, named by Zhou Mingzhen and Template:Ill in 1964. Juxia was around the size of a horse. It lived in Asia during the upper Eocene.[1]
As an early paraceratheriid, Juxia was a relatively small animal compared to its later relatives, with a body mass estimated at Script error: No such module "convert". or Script error: No such module "convert".,[2] held by elongated long legs and small skull firmly attached to a relatively long neck. Based on its triangular-like teeth and sharp protruding incisors, Juxia was probably a strict browser, feeding on ferns and leaves on branches where most herbivorous mammals could not reach. In terms of habitat, Juxia lived in densely lush and tropical forests of what is now China. Though a few skeletons have been found, it is unclear whether this animal was permanently solitary or lived in small social groups, possibly harems. Based on its morphology, its long legs probably enabled it to run relatively fast for a limited duration. This was probably a defense mechanism against early mammalian predators.[3]
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