Etruscan rhinoceros (Stephanorhinus etruscus). Illustration and photo-reconstruction of an Etruscan rhinoceros walking in a glade against the backdrop of wooded hills. The etruscan rhinoceros is an extinct genus of rhinoceros native to northern Eurasia that lived during the middle and early late Pleistocene epoch. It had two horns and was a relatively large rhino. It weighted over 3,000 kilograms and measured about 1.8 - 2 metres tall and 3.2 - 4 metres in length, having a size similar to a white rhino.