Palaeothere
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Palaeotheres are an extinct group of herbivorous mammals. They are related to tapirs and rhinoceros, and probably ancestral to horses. They ranged across Europe and Asia during the Eocene and Oligocene 55–28 million years ago.
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| Palaeotherium curtum skull | |
Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Palaeotheriidae |
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They were small to medium-sized. They lived in dense forests. They ate soft leaves, shoots, berries, and leaf matter picked up from the forest floor.
Genera:
Palaeothere Media
Life restoration of Palaeotherium magnum
Size comparison show the range of size of various species of Palaeotherium
