Sivalhippus

Sivalhippus is an extinct genus of horse that lived in Africa and the Indian subcontinent during the late Miocene.

After being described as a distinct genus, the holotype of Sivalhippus theobaldi, GSI 153, was later referred to Hippotherium and then Hipparion, as was the case with most other hipparionin species for most of the 20th century.

[2][3][4] However, a 2013 review of Sivalik hipparionins found Sivalihippus to be distinct from Cormohipparion and more closely related to Proboscidipparion and Cremohipparion than to Cormohipparion.

[5] Like other extinct horses, the habitat (biome) of Sivalhippus consisted of non-forested, grassy plains, shortgrass prairie or steppes.

Although Cremohipparion-like horses have been found in younger deposits of the Sivalik Hills, they tend to be much rarer.

Skull and teeth of S. platyodus