Hipparion
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Hipparion is an extinct genus of three-toed, medium-sized equine belonging to the extinct tribe Hipparionini, who lived about 10-5 million years ago.[1][2] While the genus formerly included most hipparionines, the genus is now more narrowly defined as hipparionines from Eurasia spanning the Late Miocene.[2] Hipparion was a mixed-feeder who ate mostly grass, and lived in the savannah biome.[2][3] Hipparion evolved from Cormohipparion,[2] and went extinct due to environmental changes like cooling climates and decreasing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.[4]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Equidae |
Subfamily: | Equinae |
Tribe: | †Hipparionini |
Genus: | †Hipparion De Christol, 1832 |
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