Stone Rhino from Xianling, tomb of the 1st Tang emperor, Li Yuan, founder of the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 AD), Shaanxi Provincial Museum, Xi'an, China,
from the Ann Paludan Photographic Archive of Chinese Sculpture 1981 - 1988, 唐高祖李淵獻陵 石犀(現藏西安碑林博物館)
Rhino existed in China in ancient times. A bronze Rhino from last days of Shang Dynasty (1600-1050BCE) circa 1100-1050BCE. During Shang, Rhino existed as far north as Inner Mongolia. By Tang, only found in extreme South China like Guangdong and Yunnan due 2 climate change