Kalobatippus

Kalobatippus

Restoration of Kalobatippus from the late Oligocene of Oregon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Equidae
Subfamily:	†Anchitheriinae
Genus:	Kalobatippus

Kalobatippus ('stilt walking horse') was a genus of Anchitheriinae Equid. It ate leaves and was characterized by unusually long legs. It lived 24 to 19 million years ago.^[1] It gets its name from the elongated bones between the ankle/wrist and the toes.^[2]

References

↑ "From the Beginning". itsmypony.com. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
↑ "Kalobatippus". Florida Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

Genera of extinct Equidae (Horse family), arranged by subfamily

Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia Infraclass Eutheria Superorder Laurasiatheria Order Perissodactyla

Basal forms	Epihippus Eohippus Eurohippus Haplohippus Heptaconodon Pliolophus Propalaeotherium Protorohippus Orohippus Sifrhippus Xenicohippus

Anchitheriinae	Anchitherium Archaeohippus Desmatippus Hypohippus Kalobatippus Megahippus Mesohippus Miohippus Parahippus Sinohippus

Equinae	Acritohippus Merychippus Tribe Hipparionini: Cremohipparion Cormohipparion Eurygnathohippus Hipparion Hippotherium Nannippus Neohipparion Proboscidipparion Pseudhipparion Sivalhippus Tribe Equini: Astrohippus Calippus Dinohippus Equus Heteropliohippus Hippidion Onohippidium Parapliohippus Pliohippus Protohippus

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