EOHIPPUS, AN EXTINCT SPECIES OF EQUID UNGULATES, IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE EARLIEST KNOWN HORSE AND IT HAD 4 DIGITS PER FOOT THAT EVENTUALLY EVOLVED INTO THE UNCLOVEN HOOVES WE RECOGNIZE TODAY, AND BRO IT IS CALLED THE DAWN HORSE AND WAS ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF A BEAGLE BUT EVENTUALLY EVOLVED INTO ANOTHER SPECIES OF EQUINE CALLED MERYCHIPPUS THAT WAS THE FIRST GRAZING EQUINE AND WAS THE SIZE OF A SMALL MODERN PONY, AND BRO, HOMINIDS ACTUALLY ENCOUNTERED MERYCHIPPUS, BUT ...