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Hippidion
Pampean Horse Skeleton Drawing [2]
From Skeleton in the National Museum, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Restoration [3]
Hippidion neogaeum
From Skeleton in the National Museum, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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[2] Simpson, George, Horses, (Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company,1961), 197
[4] Simpson, 197
[5] Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]
[6] Scott, William, A History Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere, (New York: The MacMillian Co., 1913), 308 [7] Ibid., 214
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Photo by Ghedoghedo, via Wikimedia Commons [6]
Skeleton
Hippidon sp.
Natural History Museum, London, England
Perissodactyla/Equidae/Equinae
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Size |
About 4.6 ft tall at shoulders [1]; size of a pony |
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Eye sockets |
Far back in head, closed socket, "eye smaller than most horses and set unusually low in the head" [2] |
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Type of teeth |
High crowned |
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Toes |
One large toe per leg |
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Hooves/pads |
Hooves |
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Locations found |
California, USA; Central and South America [3] |
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Other |
Very long nasal bone, skull usually slender compared to length and depth [4] |
Hippidion