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 | |
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.