Hipparion

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Hipparion
Fossil range: Mid Miocene to Pleistocene
Skull of Hipparion gracile.
Skull of Hipparion gracile.
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Hipparion
De Christol, 1832
Species
  • H. forcei
  • H. laromae
  • H. shirleyae
  • H. tehonense

Hipparion (Greek, "pony") is an extinct genus of horse.

Painting of Hipparion.
Painting of Hipparion.

It resembled the modern horse, but still had vestigal outer toes (in addition to its hoof). These did not touch the ground. Hipparion was about 1,40 m (4 ft 8 in) tall at the shoulder.


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