''Desmatippus'' is an extinct, three-toed, browsing member of the

Equidae Equidae (sometimes known as the horse family) is the taxonomic family of horses and related animals, including the extant horses, asses, and zebras, and many other species known only from fossils. All extant species are in the genus '' Equus'', ...

. It lived in what is now North America during the

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period (about 23 mya to 5 mya). ''Desmatippus'' was 60 cm height and 20 kg in weight.

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Miocene odd-toed ungulates Miocene horses Prehistoric placental genera Miocene mammals of North America Fossil taxa described in 1893 {{paleo-oddtoedungulate-stub