Eohippus
extinct genus of small horses about the size of a 2 month old German Shepherd / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eohippus is small fossil proto-horse. It is an extinct genus of small equid ungulates.[1] The only species is E. angustidens, which was long considered a species of Hyracotherium. Its remains have been found in North America and date to the early Eocene (48–56 million years ago).[2]
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Much of the evolution of the horse took place in North America. That is where horses originated, but became extinct there about 10,000 years ago.[3]