Miohippus
/mʌɪəʊˈhɪpəs/Palaeontology
noun
A former genus of small horses, now extinct, known from North American Oligocene fossils; a fossil horse of this genus.
- Now included in the genus Anchitherium..
Origin
Late 19th century. From scientific Latin Miohippus from mio- + -hippus (in Protohippus, Orohippus).