How large does a rhino have to be in order to tramp across the Tibetan Plateau?

How large does a rhino have to be in order to tramp across the Tibetan Plateau? 

Weighing 24 tons, sizing as 6 elephants and measuring 26 feet in body length, the newly discovered species Linxia Giant Rhino is believed to be the largest mammal to have ever lived on land. Its discovery proved the dispersal process of the genus across Asia through Tibetan Plateau. 

 

Read more at Nature Communications Biology:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-021-02170-6

Research Team: Prof. DENG Tao's group from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Note: Paleogeography map is modified from Deep Time Maps (https://deeptimemaps.com) with license and a recent study.