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NEOHIPPARION
(nee-o-hip-ar-e-on)
meaning: "New pony"
Neohipparion
Named By: Gidley in 1903
Time Period: Unavailable
Location: Across North America
Size: Around 110 centimetres high at the shoulder. Average weight estimated around 130 - 135 kilograms
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Specimens of well over a hundred individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Perissodactyla | Equidae |
Also known as: | Hesperohipparion | Hipparion phosphorum | Hippotherium rectidens | Neohipparion arellanoi | Neohipparion floresi | Neohipparion molle | Neohipparion monias | Neohipparion otomii | Neohipparion gidleyi | Neohipparion leptode | Neohipparion trampasense |
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Neohipparion is an extinct genus of equid, from the Neogene (Miocene to Pliocene) of North America and Central America.

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