Talk:Eohippus

Size

For the benefit of those of us who are not familliar with the Fox Terrier scale, could we have the size given in more common units? (cm, inches, even hands would be more useful). Iapetus (talk) 17:08, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

And for that matter, what is the actual size of the animal, given that the fox terrier comparison was invalid. --Snow (talk) 06:10, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

the fox terrier size is accurate, about 15 inches at the shoulder, but Eohippus appears to have been much more robust weighing 2-3 times as much as the dog. Perhaps 'obese fox terrier' would work? Gould's point was the peculiar choice of species for the comparison - his own essay hints that a Rough Collie would have been more appropriate. I suggest a small capybara, myself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stub Mandrel (talk • contribs) 14:17, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

Can you put it in the article then? Doesn't seem anyone has added info and it needs a little more clarity anyway. 162.219.204.36 (talk) 06:52, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Please expand

1) What is the size of the animal (Can we put up stats and unknowns that can be readily seen in the infocard or in the description please? We're still asking for this?) 2) What have we learned from studies on this animal's remains etc?

My point being this article doesn't have enough information to be an article. Anyone like myself curious on the horse and perhaps his ancestors - this Eohippus is mentioned in the first paragraph on horses on Wikipedia - get an article about an animal with a section on "misconception on size" without describing any information like how large the skeleton pictured is, and how large it was thought to be before any "common misconceptions". So the reader then has to look all this up somewhere else and has wasted their time on the page. It has a picture, that's a plus since WP doesn't cater very well to visual learners (less and less imagery). 162.219.204.36 (talk) 06:50, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Hyracotherium

Per our articles, Hyracotherium and Eohippus are now considered separate genera, and the Eohippus' lead says the species "was long considered a species of Hyracotherium". So suggest replacing File:HyracotheriumVasacciensisLikeHorse.JPG with File:Hyracotherium Eohippus hharder.jpg. Brandmeister^talk 15:53, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

But as I stated in the edit summary, H. vasacciensis (as shown in the photo) is a junior synonym of E. angustidens. This means the two species are the same. Hyracotherium only contains H. leporinum. --FunkMonk (talk) 16:04, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

If the Eohippus is the ancestor of modern horses,

then this information should figure prominently in the lead. Robert K S (talk) 00:33, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

It's not possible to determine if a specific genus is ancestral to another one without available DNA. All that can be said is that it's close to the animals modern horses descended from. FunkMonk (talk) 00:36, 2 January 2022 (UTC)