Palaeotherium, Cenozoic Mammal

Palaeotherium (old beast) is an extinct genus of primitive perissodactyl ungulate. George Cuvier originally described them as being a kind of tapir, and as such, Paaleotherium is popularly reconstructed as a tapir-like animal. Recent reexaminations of the

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