Brontothere: Difference between revisions

{{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"/>

'''Brontotheres''' are [[Wikipedia:Perissodactyla|perissodactyl]] [[Wikipedia:Mammalia|mammal]]s native to [[Earth]].<ref name="HS37"/> They superficially resemble [[Wikipedia:Rhinoceros|rhinoceroses]] but are distinguished by marked differences in their toes and horns.

{{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"/>

Brontothere1.png|Detailed view of a brontothere nostril in the ''[[Halo Infinite]]'''s [[Halo Infinite announcement trailer|announcement trailer]].<ref name="HIT"/>

Brontothere2.png|A brontothere begins to rise from bedding down in the grass in the ''Halo Infinite'''s announcement trailer.<ref name="HIT"/>

Brontothere4.png|A herd of twenty-sixth century brontotheres in the ''Halo Infinite'''s announcement trailer.<ref name="HIT"/>

Brontothere5.png|A herd of brontotheres on a Halo ring in the ''Halo Infinite'''s announcement trailer.<ref name="HIT"/>

File:SpaceRhino1.PNG|Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the ‎''Halo Infinite''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s announcement trailer.<ref name="TMOTHIAT"/>

File:SpaceRhino2.PNG|Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the ‎''Halo Infinite''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s announcement trailer.<ref name="TMOTHIAT"/>‎

File:SpaceRhino3.PNG|Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the ‎''Halo Infinite''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s announcement trailer.<ref name="TMOTHIAT"/>

File:SpaceRhino5.jpg|3D models used in ''Halo Infinite''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s announcement trailer.<ref name="TMOTHIAT"/>

File:HINF_Rhino_Concept.png|Concept art.<ref name="TMOTHIAT"/>

File:HINF_Rhino_Juvenile_Concept.png|Concept art of a juvenile brontothere.<ref name="TMOTHIAT"/>

File:Rhinoreferences.PNG|References used for the modeling of brontotheres.<ref name="TMOTHIAT"/>