- **Question** Trace the evolutionary stage of horse
- **Answer.** Eohippus (North America) - 60 mya, size of about a fox, had 4 toes on each fore foot and 3 on each hind foot
- Mesohippus (40 mya), size of goat, three toes on each foot
- Merychippus (35 mya), size of an ass, could run on one toe only
- Pliohippus (20 mya) → Equus (Modern horse - 5 lakh years ago)
- One toe on each fore foot and hind foot