Editing Brontothere

{{Era|Forerunner|Post}}
{{Quote|How [[Riser]]'s [[Florian|people]] would love to hunt you.|The Librarian thought of the diminutive [[florian]]s when she laid eyes on a large brontothere.}}<ref name="HS37"/>
[[File:Brontothere3.png|thumb|right|300px|Despite their appearance, brontotheres are more closely related to [[Wikipedia:Horse|horse]]s than they are to rhinoceroses.]]
'''Brontotheres''' are [[Wikipedia:Perissodactyla|perissodactyl]] [[Wikipedia:Mammalia|mammal]]s native to [[Earth]].<ref name="HS37"/> The superficially resemble [[Wikipedia:Rhinoceros|rhinoceroses]] but are distinguished by marked differences in their toes and horns.

==History==
{{Quote|A two-meter high brontothere nuzzles my hand, gentle but forceful, telling me I am out of place, perhaps I should move off somewhere and not bother this peaceable realm.|The Librarian shares her thoughts with a [[Catalog]] unit.}}<ref name="HS37"/>
Brontotheres lived in east [[Africa]] as late as [[97,445 BCE]].<ref name="HS37"/> They were among the creatures that were preserved as part of the [[Librarian]]'s [[Conservation Measure]].<ref name="HS37"/><ref name="HS2">''[[Halo: Silentium]]'', ''String 2''</ref> At one point during the [[Librarian]]'s last days on [[Earth]] before the [[Great Purification|firing]] of the [[Halo Array]], a two-meter high brontothere was one of the animals that approached her, nuzzling her hand.<ref name="HS37">''[[Halo: Silentium]]'', ''String 37''</ref> She surmised that they no longer had any fear since all the [[human]]s had been removed.<ref name="HS37"/>

Thousands of years later, many brontotheres were encountered in [[2560]] on a [[Halo ring|Halo installation]], where they had evidently been [[Reintroduction|introduced]] following the [[Great Purification]].<ref name="HIT">''[[Halo Infinite]]'' [[Halo Infinite - E3 2018 - Announcement Trailer|reveal trailer]]</ref> These brontotheres resembled a species of [[Wikipedia:Megacerops|Megacerops]] that had seemingly evolved [[Wikipedia:Osteoderm|osteoderms]] under their jaws and along their backs.<ref name="HIT"/>

==Behind the scenes==
Outside of the [[Halo Universe|''Halo'' universe]], brontotheres are believed to have gone extinct around 33.9 million years ago, as opposed to still existing just around 100,000 years ago.

==Gallery==
<GALLERY>
Brontothere1.png|Detailed view of a brontothere nostril.<ref name="HIT"/>
Brontothere2.png|A brontothere begins to rise from bedding down in the grass.<ref name="HIT"/>
Brontothere4.png|A herd of twenty-sixth century brontotheres.<ref name="HIT"/>
Brontothere5.png|A herd of brontotheres on a Halo ring.<ref name="HIT"/>
</GALLERY>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Infinite]]''

==Sources==
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[[Category:Animals]]