Kyprorrhinos

Kyprorrhinos: nouns. Rhinoceroses which come from the island of Cyprus. This may surprise some of the readers of this blog, but at one point in history the climate and conditions were perfect for the existence of rhinoceroses. Unfortunately the conditions were too hostile for virtually any other animal, so the only animal that lived with the kyprorrhinos was a strange and distant relative of the platypus. Unfortunately the kyprorrhinos died out but several historians suspect that a kyprorrhino transported to the island of Minos was responsible for the legend of the Minotaur.