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''Sinohippus'' ("Chinese horse") is an extinct
equid 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'', w ...
genus belonging to the subfamily
Anchitheriinae The Anchitheriinae are an extinct subfamily of the Perissodactyla family Equidae, the same family which includes modern horses, zebras and donkeys. This subfamily is more primitive than the living members of the family. The group first appeared ...
.Forstén, A. M. "The taxonomic status of the Miocene horse genus Sinohippus." Palaeontology 25.3 (1982): 673.


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Miocene horses Prehistoric placental genera Miocene mammals of Asia Fossil taxa described in 1962 {{paleo-oddtoedungulate-stub