| Hesperotherium Temporal range: Early to Middle Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | †Chalicotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Chalicotheriinae |
| Genus: | †Hesperotherium Qiu Zhan-Xiang, 2002 |
| Species: | †H. sinense
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| †Hesperotherium sinense Qiu Zhan-Xiang, 2002
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Hesperotherium is a genus of chalicotheres from the Early to Middle Pleistocene of China. Along with Nestoritherium, it was one of the last of the chalicotheres to ever exist. It belonged to the subfamily Chalicotheriinae, which also includes Anisodon, Chalicotherium and Nestoritherium.[1]
- ^ Zhan-Xiang, Q. I. U. (2002-12-15). "HESPEROTHERIUM - A NEW GENUS OF THE LAST CHALICOTHERES". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 40 (4): 317. ISSN 2096-9899.