Prehistoric Horses

Quick Quagga Facts: - Lived from the Late Pleistocene Period all the way to the Modern Period - Lived on the plains of South Africa - Was half the length of a zebra - Was half as heavy as a zebra - Went extinct in 1883 in an Amsterdam zoo

Quick Tarpan Facts: - Lived from the Pleistocene Period all the way to the Modern Period - Lived in Eurasia - Was about the size of a horse - Was domesticated - Had a wild temperament - Went extinct in 1909 in Russia

Quick Hyracotherium Facts: - Lived from the Early Eocene Period through the Middle Eocene Period - Lived in what is now North America and Western Europe - Also known as Eohippus - Was smaller than a dalmatian - Could probably have run as fast as a cat

Quick Mesohippus Facts: - Lived from the Late Eocene Period through the Middle Oligocene Period - Lived in what is now North America - Was smaller than a modern-day pony - Ran about as fast as a white-tailed deer - Was an herbivore

Quick Hipparion Facts: - Lived from the Miocene Period through the Pleistocene Period - Lived in what is now Asia, Africa, Europe and North America - Was about the size and weight of a horse - Could run as fast as a modern coyote - Was an herbivore

Quick Merychippus Facts: - Lived during the Late Miocene Period - Lived in what is now North America - Was about half the height of Napoleon - Weighed less than a modern pig - Was an herbivore

Quick Pliohippus Facts: - Lived during the Late Miocene Period through the Pliocene Period - Lived in North America - Was about the same size as a modern horse - Could run as fast as a horse - Was an herbivore