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HYPOHIPPUS
(hy-poe-hip-pus)
meaning: "Low horse"
Hypohippus
Named By: Joseph Leidy in 1869
Time Period: Unavailable
Location: North America
Size: Around 1.8 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Many specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Perissodactyla | Equidae | Anchitheriinae |
Also known as: | Anchitherium affinis |
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Hypohippus ("Low horse") is an extinct genus of three-toed horse, which lived 17-11 million years ago. It was the size of a pony, and fossils of it have been found in Nebraska, Colorado, and Montana.

Read more about Hypohippus at Wikipedia
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