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Hipparion
Temporal range: Early Miocene to Pleistocene, 23–0.781Ma
Hipparion laromae - La Roma 2, Alfambra, Teruel, Spain - Dinópolis.jpg
H. laromae skeleton
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Subfamily: Equinae
Tribe: †Hipparionini
Genus: †Hipparion
De Christol, 1832
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Synonyms
  • Hemihipparion

Hipparion (Greek, "pony") is an extinct genus of horse that lived in North America, Asia, Europe, and Africa. This was during the Miocene to Pleistocene epochs ~23 million years to 780,000 years ago. They lived for a total of 22 million years.

Hipparion's feet had three vestigial outer toes (in addition to its hoof).

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