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Definition of Genus Mesohippus
1. Noun. A genus of Equidae.
Group relationships: Equidae, Family Equidae
Member holonyms: Mesohippus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Mesohippus
Literary usage of Genus Mesohippus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1891)
"In 1875, Marsh erected it into the type of a new genus, Mesohippus, with the
following definition: "This genus presents characters intermediate between ..."
2. Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with Some of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1891)
"Near the base of the Miocene, we find a third closely allied genus, Mesohippus,
which is about as large as a sheep, and one stage nearer the horse. ..."
3. Journal by Liverpool Geological Association (1882)
"Near the base of the Miocene in the Brontotherium beds, we find a third closely
allied genus, Mesohippus, which is about as large as a sheep, and one stage ..."
4. Darwinism and Politics: With Two Additional Essays on Human Evolution by David George Ritchie (1901)
"Near the base of the Miocene, we find a third closely allied genus, Mesohippus,
which is about as large as a sheep, and one stage nearer the horse. ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1878)
"... in the Brontotherium beds, we find a third closely allied genus, Mesohippus,
which is about as large as a sheep, and one stage nearer the horse. ..."
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