When you think of rhinoceroses, chances are you think of regions like Africa and Asia, not North America. Nevertheless, researchers have discovered an extinct rhino species in Canada’s High Arctic —the northernmost region of the Arctic.

Researchers describe the newly identified “Arctic Rhino” in a study published today in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. The animal represents the northernmost known rhino species and lived around 23 million years ago during the Early Miocene (23 million to 16 million years ago).

“Today there are only five species of rhinos in Africa and Asia, but in the past they were found in Europe and North America, with more than 50 species known from the fossil record,” lead author Danielle Fraser, head of palaeobiology at the Canadian Museum of Nature,

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