Hypohippus
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| Hypohippus osborni skeleton | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Subfamily: | †Anchitheriinae |
| Genus: | †Hypohippus Leidy, 1858 |
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Hypohippus ("Low horse") is an extinct genus of three-toed horse, which lived 17–11 million years ago.[1] It was the size of a pony at 1.8 meters long. and fossils of it have been found in Nebraska, Colorado, and Montana.[2][3]
Restoration
References[]
- ^ Janis, C. M.; Damuth, J.; Theodor, J. M. (2002). "The origins and evolution of the North American grassland biome: The story from the hoofed mammals". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 177 (1–2): 183–198. Bibcode:2002PPP...177..183J. doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(01)00359-5.
- ^ Hypohippus
- ^ "Hypohippus". Florida Museum. 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
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- Prehistoric placental genera
- Miocene mammals of North America
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