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Desmatippus

Desmatippus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Desmatippus
Scott 1893
Type species
Desmatippus crenidens
Species
  • D. avus Marsh 1874
  • D. crenidens Scott 1893

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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