Kalobatippus | |
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Restoration of Kalobatippus from the late Oligocene of Oregon | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Equidae |
Subfamily: | † Anchitheriinae |
Genus: | †
Kalobatippus Osborn, 1915 |
Kalobatippus ('stilt walking horse') was a genus of Anchitheriinae Equid. It gets its name from the elongated bones between the ankle/wrist and the toes. [1] Kalobatippus ate leaves and was characterized by unusually long legs. It lived 24 to 19 million years ago. [2] Estimated body mass for Kalobatippus is 131.7 kg (290 lb). [3]