Desmatippus
| Desmatippus | |
|---|---|
| Desmatippus nebrascensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Subfamily: | †Anchitheriinae |
| Genus: | †Desmatippus Scott 1893 |
| Type species | |
| †Desmatippus crenidens | |
| Species | |
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Desmatippus is an extinct, three-toed, browsing member of the Equidae. It lived in what is now North America during the Miocene period (about 23 mya to 5 mya). Desmatippus was 60 cm height and 20 kg in weight.
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