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The Merychippus was a pivotal ancestor in the equine family tree as they were among the first grass eaters of their time. They lived around 17 to 11 million years ago during the Miocene.
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Horse Basics Category
Apple Tree – Toxic Plant of the Week
Today is Monday and that means back to the office and another toxic plant of the week. Recently I’ve been featuring a plant that is toxic to horses every week. Today we take a look at the potentially dangerous (and strangely ironic) but always beautiful Apple Tree.
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Tarpan – Extinct Equidae
Apple Leaf Croton – Toxic Plant of the Week
It’s toxic plant Monday again and time to take another look at another of the plants that are poisonous to horses. Today we look at a colorful plant that grows both inside & outside, the Apple Leaf Croton is beautiful but deadly
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Parahippus – Extinct Equidae
Parahippus is an apparent evolutionary link between the older horses of the forest and the modern grazing animals found on the plains. They lived from 24-17 million years ago during the early Miocene.
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Alsike Clover – Toxic Horse Plant of the Week
It’s Monday and toxic plant day for the third week and running. There is a long list of plants horses can’t eat and I’m bringing you a little more info and some pictures of each one to help you identify them. Today a closer look at the seemingly harmless (& incredibly common) Alsike Clover.
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Megahippus – Extinct Equidae
The Megahippus is one of the rarer species of equidae so it’s fossils (& images of them) are actually quite difficult to come by. These animals lived around 15-11 million years ago during the Miocene.
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Horse Breeds Beginning With Z
It’s horse breed Thursday again and time for the final letter of the breed alphabet. Make sure you visit the breeds section where I’ve written pages about every breed I can find.
If you haven’t met the rest of the alphabet, be sure to do so A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y. Today it’s about breeds that start with Z from the springy Zangersheide bred solely for jumping to the noble bearing of the Zweibrucker.
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African Wonder Tree – Toxic Plant of the Week
The second in my toxic plant of the week series and our naughty plant of this week is the strange-but-beautiful African Wonder Tree, perhaps more often known as the Castor Plant.
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Miohippus – Extinct Equidae
Horse Breeds Beginning With Y
It’s horse breed Thursday again and time to meet one of the last two letters of the breed alphabet. Make sure you visit the breeds section where I’ve written pages about every breed I can find.
If you haven’t met the rest of the alphabet, be sure to do so A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X. Today it’s about breeds that start with Y, (no, I didn’t forget X – there is only one the Xilingol). So on to the Y’s from the Yabou which shares lineage with the great Turkoman animals to the Yururi Island Horses who live on an uninhabited island in Japan.
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African Rue – Toxic Plant of the Week
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As many of you know, there is a pretty large number of plants that are actually toxic to horses and I during my years writing this site I’ve begun to catalogue & photograph as many of them as I can find. This is the Week #1 of my Toxic Plant of the Week series and I’m starting at the beginning with African Rue.
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