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Species Profile

Miohippus

Advanced Mesohippus

Miohippus
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown

Introduction

Lived during late Oligocene.

Open habitat adaptation.

Important transitional form.

Size & Structure

01

Larger body

02

Three toes

03

Stronger limbs

04

More complex molars

Miohippus — 3D Model
No 3D model available

General Features

Coelom
True coelom
Body plan
Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
Germ layer
Triploblastic
Metamerism
Absent
Body symmetry
Bilateral
Fertilization
Internal
Digestion type
Complete
Nervous system
Developed cerebrum
Excretory organ
Kidneys
Body temperature
Homeothermic
Circulatory type
Closed, double, complete
Development type
Direct
Respiratory type
Pulmonary respiration
Mode of excretion
Ureotelism
Circulation system
Closed
Skeleton structure
Endoskeleton
Level of Organisation
Organ system level
Regulation of Osmosis
Osmoregulator

Ecology

Grazing adaptation

Grassland expansion

Economic Importance

Evolutionary evidence

Paleontological value