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Andrei Valerievich Shpansky,Valentina Nurmagаmbetovna Aliyassova and Svetlana Anatolievna Ilyina “The Quaternary Mammals from Kozhamzhar Locality (Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan)” American Journal of Applied Sciences 13-2, 2016, pp.189-199 http://thescipub.com/PDF/ajassp.2016.189.199.pdf
Ellen Brait “Extinct 'Siberian unicorn' may have lived alongside humans, fossil suggests” https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/mar/29/siberian-unicorn-extinct-humans-fossil-kazakhstan

犀*1の一種である「シベリア一角獣」（Elasmotherium sibiricum）*2は35万年前に絶滅したとされていたが、カザフスタンのPavlodar地区で頭蓋骨が発掘され、もっと最近の２万9000年前まで棲息していたことがわかった。
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The researchers are now studying how this creature was able to survive so much longer than many of its kind.
“Most likely, the south of Western Siberia was a refúgium [refuge], where this rhino persevered the longest in comparison with the rest of its range,” Andrei Shpanski, a paleontologist at Tomsk State University, told Phys.org. “There is another possibility that it could migrate and dwell for a while in the more southern areas.”*3

「ユニコーン」とはいってもやはり所詮は犀であって、あの伝説上の一角獣の優雅さとは無縁なのだった；

Unfortunately, despite its sizable horn, the “Siberian unicorn” looked more like a rhinoceros than the mythical creature its nickname refers to. It was about 6 feet tall, 15 feet long, and weighed about 9,000 pounds, making it more comparable to a woolly mammoth than a horse.

*2:See eg. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elasmotherium_sibiricum 但し西班牙語。

*3:“When did the 'Siberian unicorn' disappear?” http://phys.org/news/2016-03-siberian-unicorn.html