Miohippus

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parahippus

[2] https://www.thoughtco.com/miohippus-miocene-horse-1093245

[3] Ibid.

[4] Osborn, Henry, The Age of Mammals in Europe, Asia and North America, (New York: The MacMillian Co., 1921), 230
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miohippus
[6] Licensed CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creative commons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0) [7] National Parks Service Photo, https://www.nps.gov/media/photo/view.htm?id=03917FDD-1DD8-B71B-0BD7DFA90ABAED99
[7] National Parks Service Photo, https://www.nps.gov/meda/photo/view.htm?id=03917FDD-1DD8-B71B--0BD7DFA90ABAED99
[8] Marsh, O.C., Fossil Horses in America,The American Naturalist, Vol. 8, No. 5, (The University of Chicago Press for The American Society of Naturalists, May 1874), 290. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/2447952

Photo by mark6mauno [6],

via Wikimedia Commons

Skeleton

Fd. Sespe Formation, California, USA

Leg [8]

Miohippus Annecteus

Perissodactyla/Equidae/Anchitheriiane

Size	Slightly smaller than Parahippus that is 3.3 feet high at withers [1], about 4 feet long [2]
Eye sockets	Incomplete bony rim? about 0.64 of skull length from front of skull to center of socket
Type of teeth	Low-crowned, enamel over dentine
Toes	Three toes on each leg: larger toe in middle [3], all toes will touch ground
Hooves/pads
Locations found	Oregon [4], California to Florida, USA to Alberta, Canada [5]
Other	Eighteen rib pairs per photo below Preorbital fossa (depression)