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Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size
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protohippus
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Protohippus \Pro`to*hip"pus\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? first + ? horse.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil horses from the Lower Pliocene. They had three toes on each foot, the lateral ones being small.
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Protohippus is an extinct three-toed genus of horse . It was roughly the size of a modern donkey. Fossil evidence suggests that it lived during the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene, from about 14 Ma to 6 Ma. Analysis of Protohippus' skull and teeth suggests ...
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n. Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size