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What is a Pliohippus?

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can u give me a picture or drawing of it?

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  1. since these answers are correct i'll just concur with them.


  2. It is any one of a group of extinct mammals of the horse family, living about 12,ooo.ooo years ago. It si a durect ancestor of the modern horse and is the fisrt horselike animal with a hoof having only one toe.

  3. The first single-hoofed horse was Pliohippus, which evolved about ten million years ago. This was the prototype for today's modern horse, Equus caballus, which was established a million years ago. Pliohippus was abt the height of a donkey. Its mane was stiff and upright. In addition, the head and neck lengthened even more and the eyes were set even wider apart. This gave it the ability to see both in front and behind itself.

    Although Pliohippus was related to Equus, it probably did not give rise to our modern horse. Pliohippus had deep facial fossae, whereas Equus has none. Also Pliohippus's teeth are very curved, but those of Equus are straight.

  4. Do you know how easy it was to do a search on "pliohippus" and come up with several references with pictures and explanations.  Try it and see.
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