Plesippus
Plesippus is a genus of extinct horse from the Pleistocene of North America. Although commonly seen as a subgenus of Equus recent cladistic analysis considers it a distinct genus.
| Plesippus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Tribe: | Equini |
| Genus: | †Plesippus Matthew, 1924 |
Species
Two species are recognized by Barron et al. (2019), P. simplicidens and P. idahoensis.[1]
References
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