Everything about Orohippus totally explained
Orohippus (
Gr., "mountain horse") is an extinct ancestor of the modern
horse that lived in the
Eocene (about 50 million years ago).
It is believed to have
evolved from animals like
Hyracotherium, as the earliest evidence for
Orohippus appears about 2 million years after the first appearance of
Hyracotherium. The anatomical differences between the two are slight: they were the same size, but
Orohippus had a slimmer body, a more elongated head, slimmer forelimbs and longer hind legs, all of which are characteristics of a good jumper. The upper
premolars of
Orohippus are more molariform (flat-surfaced) than in
Hyracotherium, giving
Orohippus more teeth for grinding, and the crests on the teeth are more pronounced, indicating that
Orohippus probably fed on tougher plants. The outer toes of
Hyracotherium are no longer present in
Orohippus, hence on each forelimb there were four fingers (toes) and on each hind leg three toes.
Orohippus has also been referred to as
Protorohippus.
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