The horse, or equus ferus caballus, is a cool animal.
I have always wanted a horse but no very little about them
Horses are an odd toed ungulated mammal
I read somewhere that The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature
Yep they have evoled over the past 45-55 million years
Hard to imagine that humans began to domesticate horses around 4000 BC
Horse
The horse ("Equus ferus caballus") is one of two extant subspecies of "Equus ferus". It is an odd-toed ungulate mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature, "Eohippus", into the large, single-toed animal of today. Humans began domesticating horses around 4000 BC, and their domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000 BC. Horses in the subspecies "
(odd-toed ungulates).
The odd-toed ungulates are browsing and grazing mammals. They are usually large to very large, and have relatively simple stomachs and a large middle toe.
- Family: Equidae (horses etc.)
- Genus: "Equus"
- Przewalski's horse, "Equus ferus przewalskii" EN
- Mongolian wild ass, "Equus hemionus hemionus" NT
- Mongolian horse, "Equus ferus caballus" NT
Subclass: Theria Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed