Hesperotherium

Hesperotherium
Temporal range: Early to Middle Pleistocene
Life restoration
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Chalicotheriidae
Subfamily: Chalicotheriinae
Genus: Hesperotherium
Qiu Zhan-Xiang, 2002
Species:
H. sinense
Binomial name
Hesperotherium sinense
Qiu Zhan-Xiang, 2002

Hesperotherium is a genus of chalicotheres from the Early to Middle Pleistocene of China. Along with Nestoritherium, it was one of the last of the chalicotheres to ever exist. It belonged to the subfamily Chalicotheriinae, which also includes Anisodon, Chalicotherium and Nestoritherium.

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