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An extinct early Eocene mammal, Hyracotherium leporinum, ancestral to the modern horse.

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eohippus

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eohippus

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/ˈiːəʊˌhɪpəs/

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An extinct early Eocene mammal, Hyracotherium leporinum, ancestral to the modern horse.

Japanese Meaning

初期始新世に生息していた絶滅した哺乳類で、現代の馬の祖先とされるヒラクサテリウム・レポリナムに属する種。

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The museum's exhibit included a fossil skeleton of eohippus that illustrated how early horses evolved.

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博物館の展示には、始新世初期に生息した絶滅した哺乳類（Hyracotherium leporinum）の化石標本が含まれており、初期の馬がどのように進化したかを示していました。

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An extinct early Eocene mammal, Hyracotherium leporinum, ancestral to the modern horse.

An eohippus may "evolve" into a horse, but when we say that a society of hunters and gatherers evolves into a farming village, we are using the word "evolves" as a metaphor for a process of directional change.

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eohippi

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eohippuses

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