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Definition: HIPPARION

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Hipparion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1860. (references)

Etymology:Hipparion \Hip*pa"ri*on\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression pony, diminutive of horse.]. (references)


Extended Definition: HIPPARION

Hipparion

Hipparion
Fossil range: Mid Miocene to Pleistocene
Skull of Hipparion gracile.
Skull of Hipparion gracile.
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Hipparion
De Christol, 1832
Species
  • H. forcei
  • H. laromae
  • H. shirleyae
  • H. tehonense

Hipparion (Greek, "pony") is an extinct genus of horse.

Painting of Hipparion.
Painting of Hipparion.

It resembled the modern horse, but still had vestigal outer toes (in addition to its hoof). These did not touch the ground. Hipparion was about 1,40 m (4 ft 8 in) tall at the shoulder.


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