| 词条 | Cainotherium |
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| name = Cainotherium | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Eocene|Early Miocene}} | image = Cainotherium 1.JPG | image_caption = Fossil with incomplete skull | taxon = Cainotherium | authority = Bravard, 1828 | type_species = Microtherium renggeri[1] | type_species_authority = von Meyer 1837 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
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}}Cainotherium is an extinct genus of rabbit-sized prehistoric even-toed ungulates. These herbivores lived in Europe from the Eocene[2] until the early Miocene.[3] The skeletal anatomy of these hare-like animals suggest they, along with other members of Cainotheriidae, belong to the artiodactyl suborder Tylopoda, together with oreodonts and modern camelids. Species had cloven hooves, similar to those of bovids or deer, although the shape and length of the limbs suggests that the living animals moved by leaping, like a rabbit. The shape of the teeth also suggests a rabbit-like diet of nibbled vegetation, while the size of the auditory bulla and shape of the brain suggest that it would have had good senses of hearing and smell.[4][5] References{{Portal|Paleontology}}1. ^{{cite book|last=Lyell|first=Charles|title=The student's elements of geology|year=1871|page=209|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEkDAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q2393986}}{{paleo-eventoedungulate-stub}}2. ^{{cite book|last=Prothero|first=Donald|title=The Evolution of Artiodactyls|year=2007|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press|location=Baltimore, Maryland|isbn=978-0-8018-8735-2|page=69}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Prothero|first=Donald|title=The Evolution of Artiodactyls|year=2007|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press|location=Baltimore, Maryland|isbn=978-0-8018-8735-2|page=71}} 4. ^{{cite book |author1=Savage, RJG |author2=Long, MR |year=1986 |title= Mammal Evolution: an illustrated guide|publisher= Facts on File|location=New York|isbn= 0-8160-1194-X|page= 214}} 5. ^{{cite book |editor=Palmer, D.|year=1999 |title= The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals|publisher= Marshall Editions|location=London|isbn= 1-84028-152-9|page= 270}} 6 : Oligocene even-toed ungulates|Miocene even-toed ungulates|Oligocene mammals of Europe|Fossil taxa described in 1828|Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera|Miocene mammals of Europe |
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