Neohipparion
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Hipparion Fossil range: Mid Miocene to Pleistocene
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.

Hipparion skeleton

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 1.4 m (4 ft 8 in) tall at the shoulder.

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