The first recognisable horse-like animal was found 60 million years ago and lived in the Eocene period, it was know as the Hyracotherium. This horse was much smaller than the Equus Caballus, roughly the size of a fox, and it had a relatively short head and neck and arched back. (Johnson, 2010). Their body was much finer, with slender limbs.
The Hyracotherium had four hoofed toes on the front feet and three