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Pliohippus leidyanus

The drawing shown at the top is a reconstruction of what scientists believe a horse may have looked like at a later stage of its evolution. This drawing illustrates Pliohippus, the first of the one-toed horses, from the Pliocene Epoch. The drawing shown at the bottom is a reconstruction of its skeleton and foot bones.

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