Cormohipparion

Cormohipparion; Temporal range: Mid Miocene-Early Pliocene; (Hemphillian-Blancan); ~
	Cormohipparion and Teleoceras in the Ashfall Fossil Beds
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Equidae
Subfamily:	Equinae
Tribe:	†Hipparionini
Genus:	†Cormohipparion; Skinner & MacFadden, 1977
Type species
	†Hipparion occidentale;
Subgenera and species
	†Cormohipparion †C. (C.) fricki Woodburne, 2007; †C. (C.) goorisi MacFadden & Skinner, 1981; †C. (C.) johnsoni Woodburne, 2007; †C. (C.) matthewi Woodburne, 2007; †C. (C.) merriami Woodburne, 2007; †C. (C.) occidentale (Leidy, 1856) (type); †C. (C.) quinni Woodburne, 1996; †C. (C.) skinneri Woodburne, 2007; †Notiocradohipparion †C. (N.) plicatile (Leidy, 1887); †C. (N.) ingenuum (Leidy, 1885); †C. (N.) emsliei Hulbert, 1988;

Cormohipparion is an extinct genus of horse belonging to the tribe Hipparionini that lived in North America during the late Miocene to Pliocene (Hemphillian to Blancan in the NALMA classification). They grew up to 3 feet (0.91 meters) long.

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