新獸(Cainotherium commune)是細小像兔的草食性動物,生存在漸新世的歐洲。
新獸長約30厘米,相信是屬於偶蹄目,並與駱駝同分類在胼足亞目中。牠像牛科及鹿般是有分趾蹄的,但其四肢的形狀及長度顯示牠會像兔般跳躍。牠的牙齒亦顯示牠有像兔的食性,從其鼓泡大小及腦部形狀可見牠有靈敏的聽覺及嗅覺。現時未有發現牠的近親。[1][2]
存於柏林自然史博物館
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