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
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