Named By: | Ranga Rao in 1977 |
Time Period: | Middle Eocene |
Location: | India and Pakistan |
Size: | Around 60 centimetres long |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Several specimens, some almost complete |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Artiodactyla | Raoellidae | |
Indohyus ("India's pig") is a genus of extinct digitigrade artiodactyl known from Eocene fossils in Asia. This small chevrotain-like animal found in the Himalayas is a close relative of whales.