Proboscidipparion is an extinct genus of horse that lived in Eurasia in the Pliocene, 7.1-4 years ago. It likely had a proboscis(hence the name) like modern day tapirs due to the elongated skull of this horse. Fossils have been found throughout Eurasia, from England to China.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Subfamily: | Equinae |
| Tribe: | †Hipparionini |
| Genus: | †Proboscidipparion Sefve, 1927 |
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A different restoration of the head