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Illustration of Miohippus, an extinct prehistoric horse, showing a small, deer-sized animal with a spotted brown coat and a scale bar for size reference. An inset details the bones of its forefoot, highlighting its three toes. A reconstructed skeleton of Miohippus intermedius. This diagram traces the evolution of the horse from the small, multi-toed Hyracotherium (dawn horse) of the Eocene epoch to the modern single-toed Equus, showing changes in size, limb structure, and forefoot bones, with illustrations of key ancestral species to scale.
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Miohippus: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Florida Museum of Natural History - Miohippus. Oct 17, 2016
Article revised and updated and media added. Jul 02, 2008
Article revised and updated. Jul 02, 2008
Added new Web site: Stablemade.com - Equine Species - Origin of Horses. Nov 15, 2007
Added new Web site: Evolution Facts or Fiction - The Evolution of The Horse. Nov 15, 2007
Added new Web site: Iloveindia.com - Horse. Nov 15, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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