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Eohippus was a omnivorous browser, meaning it scampered through the woods or thickets and ate what ever it could find.
Its diet typically included: fruits, soft foliage/leaves, tender shoots, or plant roots.
This can be prooved by fossils of its teeth, which consists of (on each side) 3 incisors, 1 canine, 3 premolars and 2 molars. This is a typicall primitive formula teeth of the eocene period for browsers.
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When did Eohippus live?
where did eohippus live
What did the eohippus eat?
The eohippus, an early ancestor of the modern horse, is believed to have been a herbivore, likely feeding on a diet of leaves, fruits, and other plant matter. Its small size and primitive teeth suggest it may have primarily eaten soft vegetation.
What kind of tail did eohippus horses have?
Eohippus is thought to have had a tail like a donkey.
What is the horse's ancestor?
Eohippus
Eohippus was about the size of a?
Dog
In what ways is Equus different from Eohippus?
It is larger (eohippus was the size of a medium-sized dog) and it has lost most of its toes. You can see how the eohippus evolved into the horse by looking at the feet of a tapir, which represents the feet of mesohippus.
Where did the eohippus come from?
the EOHIPPUS lived in Asia and north America
What dose eohippus mean?
horse
When did the Eohippus live?
The Eohippus lived in the early Tertiary Period and the early to mid eocene Epoch, about 55-45 million years ago.Answers.com
What is the scientific name of the earliest horse?
Eohippus .
What does eohippus mean?
An eohippus is the earliest known type of horse. They where about the size of a fow with four toes in the front and three toes in the back.Horse Isle Answer: dawn horse
Do eohippus have hooves?
no, the Eohippus was a small fox/dog like creature, which had four toes on its front feet and 3 toes on its back feet. They supported pads much like a dogs and were like that to deal with the terrain which was more forest like when the Eohippus was around. Hope that helps :-)
