Wayside: Horse
in
Badlands
Off to the Races
 

Horses have adapted in North America over millions of years. As woodlands changed to grasslands, the dog-sized primitive horses gradually evolved into the lineage that led to modern-day horse. 

Mesohippus was the first three-toed horse; ancestors to earlier horses had five toes. This is one of the adaptations allowing Mesohippus to have a greater chance of survival on open shrublands. 

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